TOPSHAM The School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors is looking to appoint another assistant principal tonight. The board in August appointed Donna Brunette, an assistant principal at Mt. Ararat High School, to a oneyear position as interim principal there. Tonight, the board will consider appointing Alison Pols to a one-year assistant principal position at […]

FREEPORT Most of them were just 1 or 2 years old when planes hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, but eighthgraders at Freeport Middle School are beginning to understand how that day changed the lives of Americans forever. At a 9/11 ceremony Wednesday in Freeport, more than 100 12- and 13-year-olds stood […]

BRUNSWICK — A local discussion of the federal government’s new Affordable Care Act and how it will affect health care organizations and employers is being broadcast on The Family Tree, a family wellness cable television series of Mid Coast Hospital, during September. Vice President of Finance for Mid Cost Health Services Robert McCue will discuss […]

BRUNSWICK — Hallie Ephron, who writes suspense novels, will speak tonight at 7 at Curtis Memorial Library about her latest work, “There Was an Old Woman,” about growing up in Hollywood in a family of writers, and about coming into her own as a writer in the shadow of a talented and complicated mother. “There […]

BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast Senior Health Center announces a monthly support group for those caring for someone with dementia, with presentations designed to help understand the challenges, fostering supportive and beneficial conversation among participants. Diane Dalton, manager of quality and compliance at Mid Coast Senior Health Center, will present, “Brain Related Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease,” […]

ANDOVER, Mass. — Conner J. Cameron of Freeport, a member of the class of 2015, has been named to the honor roll at Phillips Academy for the spring term. To be named to the honor roll, students must maintain at least a 5-point grade average on a 6-point scale. Phillips Academy, also known as Andover, […]

FREEPORT The Freeport Flag Ladies, in conjunction with the police and fire/rescue departments, will lead a 9/11 remembrance ceremony, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, at the corner of Main and West streets. The patriotic group will accept a wreath from the Worcester Wreath Company, and hang it on the town monument. Each Tuesday morning, the Freeport Flag […]

BRUNSWICK College Street is now open for limited public travel from Maine Street to South Campus Drive, according to the Brunswick Department of Public Works. The road is slated to open fully in approximately two weeks. College Street is open from South Campus Drive to Coffin Street outside work hours, “ but occasionally during work […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick Explorer bus service will offer free rides along its regular route on Friday, Sept. 13, as well as during the town’s regular monthly ArtWalk. Buses run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., making 13 stops that connect Cooks Corner shopping plazas, medical complexes, Bowdoin College and other business centers. However, from 5 to […]

WISCASSET Wiscasset Adult and Community Education will host an education and job fair titled “Learn and Earn” Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Wiscasset High School, 6 to 7:30 p.m. The fair is free; no pre-registration is needed to learn about Wiscasset Adult & Community Education courses. Representatives from the Academy of Medical Professions, University College at […]