FREEPORT — The Pine Tree Coastal Winds, in a partnership with the Harraseeket Inn, will provide a community concert event entitled “Band Together for Community” to benefit Freeport Community Services, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. Light hors d’oeuvres will be provided by the Harraseeket Inn. A cash bar is also available, […]

BATH — Cub Scout Pack No. 621, based at the American Legion in Bath, has had great success in recruiting new Cub Scouts this fall. The pack, formerly in peril of losing its charter, has doubled in size. And, with many exciting events and activities planned for this year, the pack has room for even […]

Thanks to many individuals, businesses and groups in and around Wiscasset and beyond, the Wiscasset Feed Our Scholars Weekend Backpack Initiative, in cooperation with Good Shepherd Food Bank and Two Bridges Jail, kicks off its deliveries of nutrition packets to 40 food insecure students attending Wiscasset schools. Twenty children at Wiscasset Primary School and 20 […]

Northern Sun Family Health Care, Topsham A boy, Kai Thomas Brown, to Janet Peterson and T.J. Brown, Aug. 29, 2013. A girl, Ailsa Anij Guerette, to Megan and Andrew Guerette, Sept. 10, 2013. St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo. A boy, Carter William Gilson, to Christina Collado and Matthew Gilson of Kansas City, Mo., […]

WEST GARDINER — Tiffany Elizabeth Tardiff and Anthony Richard Holmes, both of West Gardiner, wish to announce their engagement. Tardiff, granddaughter of Deborah Brendahl of Farmingdale, is a 2011 graduate of Hall-Dale High School and works at Gerard’s in Gardiner. Holmes, son of Terrance and Wendy Lamoreau of West Gardiner, is a 2010 graduate of […]

BRUNSWICK — Cari Ann Peterson and Paul Clark IV, both of Brunswick, wish to announce their engagement. Peterson, daughter of Troy and Lisa Peterson of Durham, is a 2004 graduate of Brunswick High School and 2010 graduate of Husson University. She works at Horizon’s Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Clark, son of Paul and Marcy Clark […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has had two projects chosen to receive nearly $540,000 in federal funding as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual Competitive State Wildlife Grant program. One of the grants will allow IFW to fill knowledge gaps on the basic ecology, distribution and abundance […]

AUGUSTA — The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said its biologists captured and released more than 40 Blanding’s turtles this summer in an effort to better understand the dynamic between the endangered species and growing suburban areas in Maine. The trapping effort is part of a two-year study with other Northeast states that seeks […]

BRUNSWICK — From Sept. 27 through Dec. 22, Bowdoin College Museum of Art will exhibit work from eight pioneering women artists credited with shaping the current landscape of contemporary Chinese artwork. The exhibit includes more than 25 pieces across numerous forms of media, such as painting, sculpture, photography and video. Each work was created within […]