BATH — “An Update on eReaders and eBooks” will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 in the secondfloor community room at Patten Free Library. The hands-on information session is free and open to the public. “Consumers can choose any number of different devices now if they want to read eBooks; some […]

BRUNSWICK — Regis Tremblay, an independent documentary filmmaker from Woolwich, will present a short film regarding Jeju Island, South Korea. The presentation, which is open to the public, will be in the Morrell Community Room at Curtis Memorial Library from 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 18. Tremblay spent three weeks filming a documentary about […]

FREEPORT — Designing Women will hold its eighth annual Freeport show at The Merriconeag Waldorf School & Community Center, 57 Desert Road, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. The nonprofit volunteer corporation works directly with organizations that benefit women and girls. The annual juried show features beautiful, original glass, porcelain, polymer, silver and […]

ORR’S ISLAND — The Orr’s Island Library will host a lecture and reading on Harpswell women writers at the library, 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1. The speaker is Karin Woodruff Jackson of Cundy’s Harbor, who retired from teaching English at the University of Maine at Augusta in 2008. She researched Harpswell women writers as part […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine Pines Racquet & Fitness will host a Zumbathon on Saturday, Nov. 3, from noon to 1:30 p.m., to benefit the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program. Participants are asked to bring nonperishable food items the day of the event. The Zumbathon will feature local instructors, drawings and prizes. Food collections will continue the week […]

BRUNSWICK — Mattie Daughtry has picked up an endorsement from Hannah Pingree, former Speaker of the Maine House. Seeking to replace outgoing Rep. Alex Cornell duHoux, DBrunswick, Daughtry faces Green Independent Fred Horch and Republican Grant Connors on Nov. 6 to represent District 66. Pingree said Daughtry “has served in a number of important professional […]

An appreciation of the cold, fertile waters of the Gulf of Maine could translate into cold, hard cash for some talented high school students through an essay contest sponsored by the film director of “From the Bow Seat” and the Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association. The partnership invites high school students to write essays […]

BrunswickCAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANCOMMITTEE, Tuesday, 2:30p.m., Town Hall ConferenceRoom, 28 Federal St.SEWER DISTRICT ANNUALBUDGET MEETING, Thursday,7 p.m., 10 Pine Tree Road DresdenFIRE DEPARTMENT, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Station 2. DurhamSELECTMEN SPECIAL MEETING FOR PERSONNEL REVIEW(executive session only), Tuesday, 6 p.m., Town Office, 630Hallowell Road. FreeportACTIVE LIVING TASK FORCE,Thursday, 7:30 a.m., TownCouncil Chambers, 30 Main St. GeorgetownSHELLFISH CONSERVATIONCOMMITTEE, […]

BATH Hyde School students, a few faculty members and parents have an unusual road trip planned. A couple of vehicles will be used in the 196-mile journey from Bath to Hyde’s sister school in Woodstock, Conn. But the vehicles won’t be the primary means of getting from Point A to Point B. A dozen people […]