BATH — Bath invites the public to go behind the scenes and meet local artists during its 3rd Friday ArtWalk & Tour, featuring the work of more than 30 artists at open studios and gallery shows 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Local artists will also participate in an extended Open Studio Weekend, 10 a.m. to […]

Curtis Memorial Library and Saltwater Celtic Music Festival are bringing author Paula de Fougerolles to Curtis Memorial Library on Thursday. The 6 p.m. event features Saltwater’s 2013 Writer in Residence in the library’s Morrell Meeting Room. An author and medieval historian, de Fougerolles has extensive connections to New England and Celtic culture and history. “What […]

A pedestrian was treated and released at Mid Coast Hospital Tuesday afternoon, after being struck by a car while crossing Maine Street. The accident occurred about 1 p.m. in front of the Rite-Aid pharmacy. The victim’s name was not released and no further information was available.

A Freeport foundation has awarded $75,000 to Falmouthbased Maine Audubon to help maintain and restore aquatic habitats in Maine. The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation grant will help Maine Audubon with aquatic restoration projects by funding surveys, technical help and professional workshops, according to a Maine Audubon news release. Maine Audubon has eight centers and wildlife […]

One of two companies competing to bring natural gas to buildings owned by the city of Augusta has withdrawn its bid, frustrated with the city’s bid process. In an open letter to the Augusta City Council, Brunswick-based Maine Natural Gas said it would withdraw its proposal to provide city property, including schools, with gas. Instead, […]

The two-alarm fire Sunday at Grimmel Industries was the seventh fire in less than two decades at the scrap metal recycling plant. A 1995 fire that caused more than $1 million in damage was determined to be arson. A July 2004 inferno drew firefighters from 17 departments to a three-alarm fire that destroyed several buildings. […]

ORONO — Here’s a list of local students earning Dean’s List honors in the spring 2013 semester from the University of Maine. Of the students who made the list, 1,715 are from Maine, 254 are from out of state and 63 are from foreign countries. Bath: Jaanna Malcolm, Caitlin Martel-Harrington. Bowdoin: Aimee Burgos, Nathen Cloutier, […]

DAMARSICOTTA — “The Impact & Challenges of Our Arts & Cultural Assets” will take place at River Arts, 241 U.S. Route 1, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday, July 25. Join the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission with the help of River Arts, for a review and discussion of results from the 2013 Lincoln County […]

BATH — Friends of Seguin Light Station will host its fourth annual Summerfest — its biggest fundraiser of the year — at the Maine Maritime Museum on Washington Street, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 26. The event will feature silent and live auctions, a catered dinner, live music and the 2013 “Life on Seguin” […]

WISCASSET — A lecture titled “Circle of Friends: Thomas Jefferson and his Women Correspondents” will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 21 in the Nickels- Sortwell House barn. Gerald Gawalt, retired curator of presidential papers and early American history specialist at the Library of Congress, will discuss a fascinating selection and analysis of Thomas […]