DAMARISCOTTA — Almost Home Rescue will be featured at The Animal House on Saturday, June 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 15 Coastal Marketplace. Volunteers from Almost Home will be present with dogs for adoption and have information on the adoption process, volunteer and foster opportunities and about their organization. Almost Home, a […]

BRUNSWICK — Children aged 8-17 interested in flight and aviation can learn about planes and go for a sightseeing flight on Saturday, June 22. The flights and aviation fair will be hosted by the local Chapter 87 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, formerly of Wiscasset but now based at Brunswick Executive Airport, or BXM. Registration […]

DURHAM — A pasture walk is set for Sunday, June 23, at Old Crow Ranch, 427 Davis Road, to exhibit turf improvements made possible with a “no-till drill” from the Maine Grass Farmer’s Network. The walk will be from 3 to 6 p.m., with a demonstration of the no-till drill — which helps soil retain […]

The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department is looking for help from the public to locate an antique oil painting stolen from a Woolwich residence in April or May. The painting, which depicts Thatcher’s Island off the coast of Massachusetts, is of a clipper ship and is dated to approximately 1870, according to a news release […]

More than 100 bills passed this session by the Legislature languish in a limbo created by uncertainty about whether they can be funded. They include a bill that would raise Maine’s minimum wage, a proposal to offer tax credits to primary care physicians practicing in underserved areas and a law to strengthen income and political […]

BATH — Patten Free Library has begun its incentive based teen summer reading program “RSU 1 Reads” — open to anyone entering grades seven through 12 residing in the school district for the summer. Teens interested in participating can register by picking up a paper reading log at the information desk; participants can also Tweet […]

TOPSHAM — Mid-coast ham radio operators will join with thousands of others showing their emergency capabilities this weekend. The annual Field Day is the climax of the weeklong Amateur Radio Week sponsored by the ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio. Using only emergency power supplies, ham operators will construct emergency stations in parks, shopping […]

FREEPORT — Freeport Community Services provides free meals to children and teens age 18 and younger during summer. The Freeport Community Services Summer Meals kick-off event will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 21, at the Freeport Community Center. There is no cost to attend. Any child under age 18 may come and eat at one […]

BRUNSWICK — Sunnybrook Village celebrated its 10th anniversary June 2. Joining Rick Emery, president and owner of Sunnybrook Village, were residents; Lois Skillings, president and CEO of Mid Coast Health Services; Randee Reynolds, president and CEO of Parkview Adventist Medical Center; and Steve Wallace, president of The Southern Midcoast Chamber of Commerce. “This community is […]