BRUNSWICK — Pecha Kucha Brunswick is seeking those interested in sharing their experiences, creative projects, hobbies and ideas for a March 5 performance at the Frontier Theater. Each speaker provides the audience with a unique interpretation of their presentation using 20 slides, affording 20 seconds of narration per slide. This is follows the original vein […]

JIGGS IS A 10-MONTH-OLD neutered male pointer mix looking for a home. He is gentle and sweet and can be timid at times in the hustle and bustle of shelter life. This little dog had the most loving home, with two human children, then grew larger than expected — he’s about 35 pounds or so […]

Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., town office. Arrowsic BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 7 p.m., town hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham BOWDOINHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING/CENTURY BOX VIEWING, Thursday, 7 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick STAFF REVIEW, Monday, 10 a.m., Hawthorne School, 46 Federal St. MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, […]

Tori Field, daughter of Michael and Melissa Field of Woolwich, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2012 fall semester at the University of New England. She is a 2012 graduate of Morse High School, majoring in nursing.

Bowdoinham BOWDOINHAM SENIOR CENTER, Thursday, 1:15-2:30 p.m., Second Baptist Church. PLANNING BOARD, Thursday, 6 p.m., Coombs Meeting Room. Brunswick PEOPLE PLUS, Thursday, 9 a.m., Border Trust Business Center, 2 Main St., Topsham. RECYCLING AND SUSTAINABILITY, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School, 44 McKeen St. Harpswell BOARD OF SELECTMEN EXECUTIVE SESSION, Thursday, 5 p.m., […]

Erynn Taylor, a 2011 graduate of Mt. Ararat High School and daughter of Bill and Cathy Taylor of Bowdoinham, was named to the dean’s list of Hartwick College at Oneonta, N.Y. for the 2012 fall semester. Bucknell University has released the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester 2012-13. Local students earning […]

FREEPORT — Maine mushroom expert and author Greg Marley will present “Foraging for Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms: Grand Adventures and Possible Pitfalls,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. The program is presented by Freeport Conservation Trust.

The Maine Women’s Giving Tree, a local grant-giving philanthropic organization, is seeking proposals for grants of $2,500 to $5,000 from nonprofit groups whose missions focus on the needs of women, children and families. The Maine Women’s Giving Tree supports organizations in Bath, Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, Phippsburg, Topsham, Wiscasset and Woolwich. Applicants must have nonprofit tax […]

PORTLAND — Employees of Bath Savings Bank took part in the annual statewide Project Heat telethon, raising money for the Keep ME Warm Fund. Dozens of volunteer operators staffed the phone lines in the offices of WLBZ 2 in Bangor and WCSH 6 in Portland. All seventy-five operators were employees of Maine banks. The Maine […]