BRUNSWICK — “Bottled Life: The Truth about Nestlé’s Business with Water” will be presented at Curtis Memorial Library, 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3. Swiss journalist Res Gehringer investigated Nestlé — which has a global business in bottled water and owns Poland Spring bottling plants in Maine — by looking at operations in the United States, […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is presenting a two-day symposium on printmaking entitled, “Reading Prints: David P. Becker’s Legacy at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art,” Thursday and Friday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. This opportunity to hear some of the leading print curators in the country is open to the public […]

BATH — More than 100 members of the volunteer staff at Maine Maritime Museum recently were recognized for their service to the Bath museum in the past year. Volunteers with a minimum 10 years and 2,000 hours of service were recognized with a new award named for Miles Merry, the Master Builder in the Percy […]

PHIPPSBURG Dog sledding, search and rescue, Nordic skiing and snowshoeing were just a few of the events that brought 60 kids and their families out on a foggy, gray Sunday for the fourth annual Winter Youth Field Day sponsored by the Phippsburg Sportsmen’s Association Jan. 13. Hannah Nelson, a fifth-grader at Fisher-Mitchell School in Bath, […]

TOPSHAM Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick will hold its annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake kickoff event at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at The Highlands, Merrymeeting Bay Room, 24 Elm St. The event is an opportunity to learn about this year’s fundraising goals and to learn about Big Brothers Big Sisters programs. A current […]

HARPSWELL A bigger-than-expected gallery of about 50 residents and charter school proponents from adjacent towns packed Cundy’s Harbor Community Center on Friday to voice enthusiasm for the proposed Harpswell Coastal Academy. Heidi Sampson, chairwoman of the Maine Charter School Commission’s review subcommittee, said she was “impressed and encouraged” by the public’s turnout, as well as […]

Arrowsic CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Monday, 7 p.m., town hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. BOWDOINHAM SENIOR CENTER, Thursday, 1:15-2:30 p.m., Second Baptist Church. PLANNING BOARD, Thursday, 6 p.m., Coombs Meeting Room. Brunswick BRUNSWICK DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION, […]

PHIPPSBURG Decades before he moved to his ancestral Phippsburg home, Massachusetts native Bill Perkins came to know Maine by proxy, so to speak. As teenage “cub reporter” for the old Boston Post, Perkins was responsible for writing short bits in “The Observor.” Little, “off-beat” stuff, as he put it. Because the Boston Post circulated mostly […]