Former champion distance runner John Underwood will speak to students and athletes at two local schools during a Sept. 12 seminar on healthy living and training. Underwood, a former NCAA-All American distance runner and World Masters Champion, has coached more than two-dozen Olympians. He has studied the impact of nutrition as well as alcohol and […]

BRUNSWICK — Each year in August, the anniversary month of its opening, At Last…Salon & Day Spa hosts a silent auction to benefit a local charity or organization. Coastal Humane Society, specifically its Great Dane Rescue program, is the beneficiary of the salon’s third anniversary this year. The auction runs through the end of the […]

BRUNSWICK — As part of a caregiver resource and support group meeting, local attorney Jacqueline Sartoris will present a primer on the power of attorney for families of dementia victims, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today at Mid Coast Senior Health Center’s community room, 58 Baribeau Drive. The presentation will focus on benefits and challenges […]

BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast Hospital has implemented a video relay service for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speechimpaired patients and their family members. Anyone able to communicate using American Sign Language, or ASL, now can use video technology to communicate with interpreters in real-time through a highspeed internet connection. Information about interpreting resources can be found at […]

BRUNSWICK — CHANS Home Health Care will offer a 10-week training program for people interested in becoming a hospice volunteer. Starting Sept. 9, the classes will be held Mondays from 4-7 p.m. at the CHANS Hospice Building, 45 Baribeau Drive. Training is free and will prepare people to deal compassionately and sensitively with end-of-life issues. […]

BRUNSWICK — As part of its sixth annual Staples for Students national school supplies drive, the Staples office supplies store at Cook’s Corner will be collecting monetary donations from shoppers and donations of supplies from teenagers through Aug. 18. All of the donations will be used to provide local students with the tools they need […]

PHIPPSBURG The zaniness and just plain fun that surrounds the annual George Popham Day celebration begins Friday just as the day is done — at dusk. Alex Popham King, a descendant of the man credited with founding Popham Colony in 1607, will be among the hundreds on hand as the community celebrates the historic settlement. […]

AUBURN — The Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District and The Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission will host a “septic social” 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 7, 24 Maple Hill Road. Residents, municipal representatives and anyone interested may attend. Pre-registration is required. There is no cost. Call 753-9400 or visit www.androscogginswcd.org.

ELLSWORTH — Startup organizations, projects involving economically disadvantaged or disabled Mainers, libraries, symphonies and hospice care are eligible for funding from the Maine Charity Foundation Fund. Last year, the Maine Charity Foundation Fund distributed $67,100 with 20 grants ranging in size from $800 to $4,000. The deadline is Sept. 15. Apply online and see grant […]