BRUNSWICK — Several local organizations will participate in a prevention talk called “How to Avoid Scams and Telephone and Internet Fraud” on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen St. The 1 p.m. event is free and listeners of all ages are welcome. “We will learn about current scams and the warning […]

Tim Garrold never planned on a life of adventure at sea when he graduated from Searsport High School. Even when he mowed the lawn at the Penobscot Marine Museum, never did he imagine one day he would be a featured speaker there, sharing tales of maritime rescues in the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf and off […]

PORTLAND — Lindsay Mank of Bath was named to the Dean’s List for the Westbrook College of Health Professionals at the University of New England. She is a daughter of Christine Mank, of Bath. RINDGE, N.H. — Kendra Lajoie of Brunswick, majoring in biology at Franklin Pierce University, was named to the Dean’s Honors List […]

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HARPSWELL Fishing Families for Harpswell is partnering with Harpswell Coastal Academy to put on the Shore Dinner educational fundraiser, Saturday, Aug. 17, at Mitchell Field. Lobstermen in oilskins and Harpswell Coastal Academy students will serve lobster, mussels, potato, corn, drink and a dessert. The event didn’t happen last year. The event normally serves around 400 […]

GEORGETOWN The venerable Georgetown Working League Fair is one of the state’s oldest community events. This year — its 100th — is both a landmark and a break from tradition. For the first time, the Georgetown Working League Fair will be held not on a Tuesday, but on a Saturday. The big event, at Georgetown […]

The impeccable nanny Mary Poppins sings she is “practically perfect in every way” and “Mary Poppins,” the final show in Maine State Music Theatre’s 2013 season, fits that description to a T. Add a bunch of other letters and a young child might describe it as “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” a nonsense word made up for the 1964 […]