It’s here again — the annual Fisher Mitchell/Dike Newell Holiday Fair. This is a heartwarming event that has been going on for more than 25 years. Every child from kindergarten to fifth grade gets to shop for their family members. Each treasure comes with a cost of merely 25 cents per item. How to get […]

Last Monday, at the Boy Scout Troop 202 meeting at the American Legion Post in Topsham, one of the Eagle Scouts, named Teddy, told me they had toys to donate to the Santa Claus Fund. The Scouts had set out collection boxes at various stores and banks in the area during the year. There are […]

Republicans in the State House have nominated Sen. Garrett Mason, R-Lisbon Falls, to serve as Senate president in the 126th Legislature. I am deeply honored to have won the confidence of my colleagues who nominated me for Senate president,” said Mason, who is serving his second term in the Legislature. “I believe Garrett would be […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Republican Town Committee will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Brunswick Business Center on Pleasant Street. This month’s business will be the election of officers for 2013. For more information, call 720-0203.

WESTPORT ISLAND — A Westport Island resident reported fuel was stolen from his generator and from his four-wheeler, the Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Office said. Deputy Kevin Dennison took the complaint last Wednesday. Both the generator and the four-wheeler were full of gas, the man told Dennison.

GEORGETOWN — A driver who rolled her vehicle Monday along Five Islands Road was issued a summons from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department alleging she was operating under the influence. Chief Deputy Brett Strout said the crash was reported at 6:11 p.m., near 145 Five Islands Road. Strout said Cynthia Lyons, of Brunswick, was […]

More than 19,000 lowincome households have received fuel deliveries under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. MaineHousing distributed the first round of LIHEAP payments late last week, the agency said in a news release. In mid-November, Maine- Housing received $34.9 million in LIHEAP funding — 90 percent of Maine’s total expected funding of $38.5 […]

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FREEPORT — Casco Chapter 160 Order of the Eastern Star will start its Christmas meeting with a potluck supper at 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6. The meeting will start at 7. All Eastern Star Members are invited to attend.

TOPSHAM — The Edith Jones Project’s annual “Swing into the Holidays” concert returns at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15 at The Orion Performing Arts Center next to Mt. Ararat Middle School. The Edith Jones Project, Maine’s 17-piece all-women big band, was established in 2003 by Alison Jones. Members are musicians and music educators in Maine […]