Lisbon High School LISBON — Here is Lisbon High School’s Quarter 4 honor roll for the school year 2012-13: SENIORS HIGH HONORS: Rachel Ball, Kristianna Benoit, Ryan Brewer, Miranda Carroll, Aaron French, Leah Goldsberry, Jaymi Thibault HONORS: Brigette Anthony, Luci Charest, Tyler Daly, Allanah Harkins, Jordan Kates, Brenten Laffely, Chelsea Marquis, Kiaya McBride JUNIORS HIGH […]

The Androscoggin River Watershed Council invites the public to join the final three days of paddling in the 18th Annual Androscoggin River Source to the Sea Trek 2013 — a 170-mile journey which began July 12 at the river’s headwaters on Lake Umbagog. So far, participants have paddled more than 120 miles on 15 different […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Public Utilities Commission is holding public hearings today at the University of Maine at Augusta — 1:30 to 4 and 5 to 7 p.m — regarding “smart meters.” Proponents say they alert utilities of outages and cut costs. Opponents allege long-term health effects from radio frequencies emitted by the meters.

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Republican candidate for the Maine Senate says there’s no need to apologize for an online video in which he dances around in Brazilian-style swim trunks. Eric Brakey, an actor who used to live in New York, said Tuesday that if Ronald Reagan can become president after the movie “Bedtime with Bonzo,” […]

Regulators from East Coast states are considering new regulations that could place an annual quota on Maine’s lucrative eel fishery. The American eel management board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is meeting today in Virginia to discuss and possibly vote on new regulations that could include a quota system. The debate is being […]

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A sideburns contest honoring a U.S. Navy commodore known for his impressive facial hair is marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie. The Erie-Times News reports that the winner of the Perry Burns contest will be named this week. Judges will decide who sports the sideburns most like […]

Stephens Memorial Hospital, Norway A boy, Gavyn Sawyer Hatfield, to Ashley McKenney and Shane Hatfield of South Paris, July 19, 2013. Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick A girl, Sadie Mae Peabody, to Kymberly Lynn Peabody and Justin Dean Peabody of Jefferson, July 24, 2013. A girl, Cloie Sage Watson, to Autumn Caitlyn Sonia and Parker Steele […]

HARPSWELL — Jan McClintock and Merkle Muller of Harpswell were married on July 20, 2013. The ceremony took place at Bailey Island Library Hall. Officiating the ceremony was the Rev. Sylvia Stocker of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick. McClintock is an assistant attorney general with the state of Maine. Muller is a retired federal […]

BRUNSWICK — Emily Wheelwright of Brunswick and Carl Lowenberg of Middlebury, Vt., were married on Sept. 2, 2012. The ceremony took place at Emily’s parents’ home in Brunswick. The bride, daughter of Nat and Genie Wheelwright of Brunswick, is a graduate of Brunswick High School and Yale University. She works as a nurse practitioner. The […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Daphne Watson Gerard and Andre Treakle Demers, both of South Portland, wish to announce their engagement. Gerard, daughter of John Gerard of Brunswick and Julie Gerard of Brunswick, is a 2004 graduate of Brunswick High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Southern Maine. She works as a preschool teacher […]