FREEPORT — Learn all about “the Paleo way of eating” — its history, benefits, and ways to get started — when the Freeport Community Library hosts a conversation with David Bidler at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5. The Paleo diet, a way of eating resembling that of our early ancestors, has evolved into more than […]

BRUNSWICK — Zoe Weil, president of the Institute for Humane Education, will speak about educating young people to become “solutionaries” at noon Saturday, Aug. 3. The presentation is part of the ninth annual Peace Fair, held on the Brunswick Mall from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Weil will collaborate in this talk with Maine artist […]

BRUNSWICK — The seventh annual Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival — a juried fine arts and crafts show — has a few spaces remaining and is currently accepting applications from artisans who would like to participate. The Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival will take place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, on Maine Street in […]

WISCASSET — Wiscasset Adult and Community Education announces a “LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation” course for those who want to get certified in LEED’s “green” building practices. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. As of April 2013, the U.S. was the world’s top […]

BATH — On the afternoon of Sept. 5, 1813, the British brig Boxer and the American brig Enterprise engaged in battle just off Maine’s Pemaquid Point in full view of those on shore. That early American victory would become a rallying point for a fledgling nation at war against a far superior military force in […]

FREEPORT — The Bouton family — Dale, Carol, Pat and Clay — invite the public to celebrate the new Carhartt Retail Store and online preferred customer store on Monday, Aug. 5. The festivities begin with a ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m., at Winter People at the Big Indian, 125 U.S. Route 1. There will be tours […]

WOOLWICH A full day and wide array of activities are set for the annual Woolwich Day, which this year will take place on Saturday, Aug. 3. The only thing missing, as of late July, was vendors. “The space is free,” said Collette Coombs, chairwoman of the Woolwich Recreation Committee, which arranges the Woolwich Day events. […]

BRUNSWICK — Recently there has been some confusion about a FairPoint Communications telephone program that also uses “Lifeline” in its name, called the Fairpoint Lifeline Program. This program is not connected to the Mid Coast Lifeline Services Program — which has provided a vital connection to emergency services for hundreds of elderly residents in the […]

BATH — Hyde School will host a summer open house 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 27. The event will offer a glimpse of a day in the life at Hyde School, with afternoon activities beginning in the campus mansion. Campus tours begin promptly at 1 p.m. Visitors are asked to call to make a […]

GEORGETOWN — On Saturday, Aug. 3, Nan Ross of Bath will spin yarn and Robin Hansen of West Bath will demonstrate felting and making fisherman’s mittens at the Georgetown Historical Society, at 20 Bay Point Road. Georgetown residents Rosemary Hentz, rug embroidery, and Juliana Cliffe, hand quilting, will be demonstrating their work on Aug. 10. […]