BATH — Gifts of Gratitude, a troop support program of American Legion Smith Tobey Post 2, is collecting supplies and comfort items to include in care packages being sent to deployed soldiers. “We ship to individual troops about every 45 to 60 days,” said Ginny Chaput, American Legion Smith- Tobey Unit 21 president, “sometimes two […]

BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast Hospital’s Center for Weight & Lifestyle Change is offering a free information session 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, in the conference room adjacent to the café at 123 Medical Center Drive. The 12-week class includes nutrition guidance, individual and group behavioral health sessions and exercise coaching. The information session […]

BATH — “First Snow at Two Lights” by Bath artist Sandy Crabtree is featured in Pine Tree Society’s 2012 holiday cards. Crabtree — who taught art at Morse High School in Bath for almost 30 years — said she became familiar with Pine Tree Society when one of her students attended Pine Tree Camp. “I’ve […]

BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library celebrates “Giving Tuesday,” 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27 in the first-floor lobby. Library patrons are invited to pause and recognize a day of giving to a favorite charity or two. A table in the main lobby will offer refreshments and book-based gift ideas as an alternative to […]

A holiday open house at Albert F. Totman Library is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 24, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be refreshments and door prizes, according to the library staff.

The American Red Cross will hold several community blood drives during December. All presenting blood donors will receive a coupon for a free regular 6-inch sub at a participating Subway restaurant. To make an appointment, call 1-(800) 733-2767 or log onto redcrossblood.org. Local drives include: Dec. 8: Mt. Ararat High School, Topsham, 8 a.m. to […]

BATH — Sagadahoc Preservation’s Dreamland Theater will screen “Cinema Paradiso” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 at the Winter Street Center. A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater’s projectionist. This week’s movie is sponsored by David Matero […]

BRUNSWICK — From ballet and modern to African American diasporic dance, Bowdoin College’s “December Dance Concert” celebrates the power of movement through the work of students, faculty, and local musicians. The concert will be performed Thursday, Nov. 29, through Saturday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall, on the Bowdoin campus. Pickard […]

The Maine Photography Show 2012 is accepting entries from Dec. 1 through Feb. 1, 2013. There are four categories: color, black-and-white, trees and student. All photographers who live in Maine or have a summer home here are invited to enter. The cost to enter is $10 per image with a maximum of three images. The […]