WISCASSET Early in the school year, Selectman Ed Polewarczyk approached Kelley Borg Duffy, a social studies teacher at Wiscasset High School, regarding a possible project for her students. Polewarczyk related to Duffy that a resident had told the Board of Selectmen the tax burden on the elderly in town was too high, and that there […]

Bath Arrests Jason Vallieres, 40, of Bath, March 30, 2:16 p.m., on a warrant for failure to appear on Edgett Street.

Maine forest rangers are warning “mudders.” “Unauthorized mudding on roads or private property is not good, clean fun,” Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Commissioner Walt Whitcomb said in a news release. “Making the mud fly is more than likely causing a significant amount of private property, crop or environmental damage.” Whitcomb said damage from […]

Maine Medical Center, Portland A girl, Isla Christine Meyers, to Erin (Buehler) and Marc Meyers of Brunswick, Feb. 18, 2013. Fort Bragg, N.C. A girl, Kaelyn Elizabeth Shean, to Jennifer and Benjamin Shean of Raeford, N.C., Aug. 1, 2012. St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lewiston A girl, Hadleigh Alice Arsenault, to Casey and Christian Arsenault […]

LISBON — Walter and Blanche (Bourgoin) Parker of Lisbon Falls recently observed their 70th wedding anniversary. A celebration took place on Saturday, March 23, at the home of Alex and Carolyn Norzow in Bowdoin, and was hosted by their four children. Blanche, who is retired, was a secretary at the U.S. Gypsum Mill and L.L. […]

BRUNSWICK — Amanda Leigh Blais of Lewiston and Andrew Duncan MacKellar of Topsham were married on Oct. 27, 2012. The ceremony took place at Holy Family Church in Lewiston, and was officiated by Father Marc Caron. Serving as matron of honor was Kayla Saucier of Auburn, while the bridesmaids were Christy MacKellar of Charleston, S.C.; […]

TOPSHAM Four School Administrative District 75 students are headed Friday, April 5 to the statelevel Geographic Bee in Farmington, one step closer to a $25,000 college scholarship. School-level winners of National Geographic Bee contests in January were Trevor Brown, grade 5, Bowdoinham Community School; Andrew Chamberland and Lily Collier, both grade 4 at Woodside Elementary […]

ANDOVER, Mass. — Conner J. Cameron of Freeport has been named to the honor roll at Phillips Academy for the winter term at the co-ed boarding school. TROY, N. Y. — Arthur Cavanagh of Phippsburg was named to the dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the fall 2012 semester.

BRUNSWICK Alaskan author and conservationist Hank Lentfer wonders if humans can balance their individual consumerist tendencies with globally-beneficial efforts at environmental preservation. During two April 11 appearances, sponsored by Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy, Lentfer will offer a multimedia discussion hoping to inspire people with a sense of place. The first will be […]

BRUNSWICK A granite statue known as the Laughing Buddha has been stolen from a Bowdoin College lawn. The statue of an Asian fisherman holding a fish under one arm is about 2- / feet high and weighs several hundred pounds, Brunswick police Capt. Mark Waltz said Monday. Police believe the unique object, valued at approximately […]