WISCASSET — Shaw’s will host a stuff-the-truck event 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, to help fill the shelves of the St. Philip’s Help Yourself Shelf food pantry. Donations are welcomed. If unable to donate items, money is always welcome. At Good Shepherd Food Bank, a pound of food costs 16 cents, so […]

BATH — The 18th Annual Bells of St. Mary’s Christmas Craft Fair & Café will be held 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at 144 Lincoln St. The event will feature a silent auction, cookie walk, Grandma’s Attic, visit from Santa and more than a dozen local crafters. A café will serve breakfast […]

WISCASSET — A community craft show is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Wiscasset Community Center. There will be many local handmade arts and crafts. The show is 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.

BRUNSWICK — The Thanks for Giving Gala Charity event will take place 6 to 10 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Inn at Brunswick Station — a benefit for the Dean Snell Cancer Foundation. The Foundation provides financial aid to patients receiving treatment at the Maine Center for Cancer Medicine in Brunswick. For more information, cisit […]

BATH — A prime rib dinner is offered 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 807 Middle St. Salad, prime rib, mashed potatoes, green beans, mushroom gravy, dessert and beverage are on the menu for a suggested donation of $15 for adults, $7.50 for children younger than 12. Reservations […]

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is offering parents of children born in 2012 a free home lead dust test kit. Exposure to lead dust is the most common way children are poisoned by lead in Maine. The offer, enclosed with an educational brochure, will arrive in mailboxes across the state in conjunction […]

BATH The Bath Historical Society will continue its commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with a lecture focusing on the wartime experiences of Thomas W. Hyde, and his subsequent career as founder of Bath Iron Works and the Hyde Windlass Company in Bath. Earle “Bud” Warren will present the program on Saturday, […]

BRUNSWICK — Independence Association has named Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, DBrunswick, its first “Legislator of the Year,” after he convinced the state to place one of the group’s clients into a private care facility. The agency serves 250 people with disabilities from Brunswick to Topsham. Gerzofsky, the incumbent state senator from District 10, which includes Brunswick, […]

The American Red Cross is holding blood drives in cities and towns throughout Maine to meet the basic needs of Maine hospitals. Donors will be eligible to win a $200 gift card toward the cost of home heating, courtesy of Suburban Propane; and can also enter to win a vintage Godin Fifth Avenue Guitar with […]