BRUNSWICK The David Haas Memorial Scholarship, in conjunction with the Brunswick Area Student Aid Fund, has announced the Haas fund received “an amazing donation of $3,000 from Eric Welzel and the Jordan Acres PTO.” The David Haas scholarship fund now has nearly $8,000 for Brunswick-area students. The scholarship was established in memory of U.S. Army […]

AUGUSTA Two more Maine municipalities have been designated as “business-friendly” by the state. The Department of Economic and Community Development says Presque Isle and Richmond have made the grade to be certified as business- friendly communities. Twenty Maine towns and cities have earned the designation since the program was launched a year ago. Those deemed […]

WOOLWICH Nearly 250 fourth-graders from six local schools attended the annual Friends of Merrymeeting Bay Spring Bay Day at Chop Point School on Tuesday. Fifty Friends volunteers worked to ensure students had fun while learning about a wide assortment of environmental issues. Students and teachers attended from Fisher Mitchell in Bath, Harpswell, Phippsburg, Bowdoin Central, […]

Studio Theater of Bath is continuing their production of “Moon Over Buffalo” this weekend. This 1996 comedy shares the wacky delight of screwball humor, and this ensemble is well cast and skilled. Thom Watson’s direction flows naturally and the script is wicked clever, so the results equal an enjoyable evening of shared laughter.Humor demands a […]

BRUNSWICK — Milestones Family Wellness Center announces two screenings of “Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & the Farm Midwives,” 4 and 7 p.m. Thursday, at Frontier Café. A panel discussion will begin at 5:30 p.m., with midwives and homebirth mothers serving as panelists. “Birth Story” is the winner of the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — At the The 84th Annual Maine Elks Association convention May 3-5, the Bath lodge garnered the top award in its division for the “Lodge Bulletin” contest. New officers were elected and awards were presented to lodges, members and student contest winners.

HARPSWELL — The renovation and new building project for the 108-year-old Orr’s Island Library is nearly complete, thanks to 530 donations over a period of four years, organizers said. Six foundations contributed in excess of $66,000, donations came from 29 states, and Harpswell citizens approved three gifts totaling $50,000. Library trustees approved allocating $72,000 from […]

Through Monday, May 27, customers of McDonald’s restaurants in Bath, Wiscasset and Cook’s Corner in Brunswick will be able to donate $1 or more to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath- Brunswick. Donors can sign a “Start Something” pinup to display on the wall at the restaurant. This is an annual fundraiser supported by […]