Local restaurants and Embrace a Vet Inc. are raising funds to provide companion dogs for Maine veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Establishments from Freeport, Brunswick, Bath and Bangor will donate a portion of sales Nov. 10-11 to Paws For Peace. “For these deserving veterans, navigating through life with the help of a canine buddy can […]

BATH — A fun family event is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Bath Recreation and St. Mary’s Church parking lot. The Regional School Unit 1 Early Childhood Advisory Council is putting on “Touch A Truck,” community-wide event in which kids will have an opportunity to see, touch, interact with and learn about lots […]

The Brunswick High School class of 2016 is announcing its annual Florida citrus fruit sale. Students will be soliciting orders in order to reach their goal of $5,000. Sales are by the 20-pound or 10-pound carton for $24 or $18. Orders may be placed through Nov. 16 by calling Will Bessey after 6 p.m. at […]

BRUNSWICK Officials will hold a local forum to discuss benefits available to veterans. The forum will include Scott Karczewski, director of the Togus federal veterans health center; and Charles “Chuck” Pervier, case supervisior at Togus. People Plus board member Jack Hudson, a former veterans’ service center manager, will introduce the pair. “This is a wonderful […]

WISCASSET Students at Wiscasset High School participated in a schoolwide bulletin board competition and mock election recently, sponsored by the social studies department Each year, the Student Council holds the mock election to engage the student body in the process of casting ballots. Students use town voting booths brought to the school and set up […]

BathPLANNING BOARD, workshop,Tuesday, 5 p.m., city hall.CITY COUNCIL, Wednesday, 6p.m., city hall.COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMITTEE, Thursday, 4:30p.m., City Hall. BowdoinhamCOMPREHENSIVE PLANNINGCOMMITTEE, Tuesday, 6:30p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. 250TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE, Wednesday, 7 p.m.,Coombs Municipal Building. BrunswickPLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7p.m., Brunswick Station, 16Station Ave.CONSERVATION COMMITTEEWORKSHOP, Wednesday, 4p.m., site walk of Map 8, Lot12, off River Road at PejepscotRiver Dam […]

LISBON FALLS — Jenna Clifford, a Lisbon High School junior, is raising funds to travel to Ghana to help build a school in the summer of 2013. A benefit lunch is being planned to help her fund the trip on Saturday, Nov. 10 at the MTM Center, 18 School St. For information, call 353- 7242 […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick Junior High School students took part in a mock election Friday, with results mirroring recent polls. For president, students picked President Obama for re-election, with 364 votes; Mitt Romney got 121; libertarian Gary Johnson got nine and Green Jill Stein got six. For U.S. Senator, independent Angus King of Brunswick polled 329 votes […]