Rebecca Beck of Brunswick has been named director of the Miss Maine’s Outstanding Teen Program. Beck, who held the title Miss Maine 1982, is owner of Studio 48 Performing Arts Center in Brunswick and Studio 48 Dance Studio in Topsham; and founder and president of New England Regional Theater Company, a nonprofit youth theater program […]

AlnaBOARD OF SELECTMEN,Thursday, 6:30 p.m., town hall.BathFORESTRY COMMITTEE,Wednesday, 7 p.m., city hall.COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMITTEE, Thursday, 4:30p.m., city hall.BrunswickBRUNSWICK DEVELOPMENTCORP., Wednesday, 1 p.m.,McLellan Building, 85 Union St.CONSERVATION COMMISSION,Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.,Brunswick Station, 16 StationAve.SCHOOL BOARD, Wednesday,7 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16Station Ave.MDOT PUBLIC HEARING,Thursday, 4 p.m., BrunswickStation, 16 Station Ave.DresdenFIRE DEPARTMENT MEETING,Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Station2.FreeportPROJECT REVIEW BOARD,Wednesday, 6 p.m., […]

BATH — Registration for the Bath Area Crop Walk takes place at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the gazebo near City Park. The walk kicks off at 1:15 p.m. Participants are not required to walk the entire 6.5-mile course. “The walk aims to help reduce world hunger and disasters around the world,” according to a news […]

AlnaBOARD OF SELECTMEN,Thursday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. BathFORESTRY COMMITTEE,Wednesday, 7 p.m., city hall.COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMITTEE, Thursday, 4:30p.m., city hall. BowdoinPLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7p.m., town office. BrunswickPEOPLE PLUS ADVISORYBOARD, Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.,People Plus, 35 Union St.PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7p.m., Brunswick Station, 16Station Ave.BRUNSWICK DEVELOPMENTCORP., Wednesday, 1 p.m.,McLellan Building, 85 Union St.CONSERVATION COMMISSION,Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.,Brunswick Station, 16 StationAve.SCHOOL […]

BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast Hospital is offering babysitting and home alone safety classes. The one-day classes are for children 11 years of age and older who want to be responsible babysitters and who sometimes care for themselves as well. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the […]

BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library has announced its Fall Science Read series — facilitated hourlong programs about the book “Silent Spring” that begin Wednesday at noon. This week, professor Gail Carlson from the Colby College department of environmental sciences will give an overview of Rachel Carson’s book on its 50th anniversary. These free programs do […]

FREEPORT — Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park is offering nature programs daily at 2 p.m. that include walks, talks and activities free with park admission. Programs last about one hour, weather permitting, and are suitable for children and adults. On Saturday the park presents “Steamer Dig,” a program about the life and times of the […]

BRUNSWICK — Growstown School will host an annual open house and harvest bake sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The 1850s school at Church and Woodside roads is one of the last one-room schoolhouses in Maine, maintained as a living history center. At the event, each participant is assigned the name of a child […]

HARPSWELL — Harpswell Community Nursery School will host a silent auction fundraiser 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Café Mojo, 506 Harpswell Neck Road. There will be a wide variety of items to bid on, including a weeklong “homes and harbors” Bailey Island cottage rental, a Pie-of-the-Month Club, a lobster boat excursion including trap hauling, […]