HARPSWELL Central Maine Power Company Company has installed its first concrete utility pole. The new pole, set on South Harpswell Road just before Lookout Point Road in Harpswell last month, is being evaluated as part of a larger initiative to enhance the reliability of CMP’s electric distribution system, utility officials said. Other elements of that […]

BRUNSWICK Mid Coast Hospital and Families CAN!, a program of Midcoast Maine Community Action, is ready to launch its 2013 Click for Babies, Period of PURPLE Crying Caps Campaign. Knitters and crocheters throughout the midcoast region are invited to make purple colored baby caps, which will be delivered to families of newborns at Mid Coast […]

BATH The theme will be “plenty” during downtown Bath’s annual Autumnfest celebration, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 12 during Columbus Day weekend. There will be plenty of music, food and community spirit too, as over 30 area non-profits share information and enthusiasm at Waterfront Park during Citizen Involvement Day, where Awards will be presented […]

BRUNSWICK — To connect runners with the landscape and publicize local food growers, another annual “ultra run” between farms in Freeport and Brunswick is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 13. Called the Farm to Farm, the primary course is a 25- kilometer, or 13-mile, stretch which starts and finishes at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, off Lower Flying […]

WISCASSET Students at Wiscasset High School turned out in force for annual homecoming festivities Sept. 26 and 27. Homecoming started at the pep rally Friday and spilled over into the Homecoming Dance that night in the school gym. Seniors Dale Peaslee and Sarah Hanley were voted Homecoming King and Queen. The next day many townspeople, […]

The 2014 Ocean Awareness Student Contest is launching. The contest is an outgrowth of “From the Bow Seat,” a 64-minute documentary about environmental issues adversely affecting the world’s oceans. The contest and the film provide opportunities for high school teachers and home school instructors to challenge their students to explore real-world threats to marine life. […]

BATH — A Red Cross blood drive will be held 1-6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 807 Middle St. Call 1-(800) 733-2767 to reserve a time slot to make a donation. For more information, call 443-5389.

FREEPORT — Chronic pain self-management classes are set for Tuesdays, 1 to 3:30 p.m., at the Casco Bay YMCA Branch, 14 Old South Freeport Road. The workshop is a program of the Southern Maine Agency on Aging in partnership with Pineland YMCA under licensure from the Stanford University School of Medicine. To register or learn […]

HARPSWELL — Who wants to be a thousandaire? The Harpswell Community School is offering one lucky person a chance to take home $10,000 as the sole big winner in a raffle to raise money for new playground equipment. The tickets are pricey — $100 each — but the odds are better than Vegas: 1 in […]

FREEPORT — For the 20th year in a row, Freeport Community Services is hosting its well-loved Chowdah Challenge on the porch of the L.L. Bean Home Store, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. Each year, favorite local restaurants offer samples of their finest clam, seafood and fish chowders. As a new twist this […]