BATH — The Bath Area Family YMCA’s spring session starts this week. In addition to new classes and programs, the Y will host Healthy Kids Day from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. The event, which is open to all, will include “presentations designed to promote healthy lifestyles for children and their families,” a release […]

Bowdoin PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WORKSHOP, Wednesday, 6 p.m., Town Hall. CABLE/INTERNET COMMITTEE, Thursday, 1 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. PLANNING BOARD, Thursday, 7 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick BRUNSWICK […]

Once upon a time there lived a young girl called Lela-Wala, daughter of Chief Eagle Eye of the Seneca people. When she was still very young, Lela-Wala married. But, alas, her husband died, and the poor girl could not find her way through her sorrow. One day, she stepped into her canoe and paddled along […]

People Plus is closed each Sunday. Teen Center is open Monday to Wednesday from 2:30-5:30 p.m. (for updates, visit www.peopleplusmaine.org.) Every Monday (except May 28 — Memorial Day, center closed) 9 a.m., Crafters 9 a.m., Yoga with Ruth Vogel 10 a.m., Chair yoga with Ruth Vogel 10 a.m., Table tennis Noon, Bridge Noon, Pilates for […]

More than 40 armed services veterans packed the People Plus Center’s activity room on April 4 to hear Scott Karczewski, the director of Togus VA, talk about benefits and services available to veterans of all wars. Karczewski, along with former veteran’s center director and People Plus volunteer Jack Hudson, told those gathered, “if you haven’t […]

MANY THANKS Thank you to all of our sponsors, supporters and benefactors for making the 10th annual Music in April the most successful ever. We raised more than $30,000 for People Plus — providing vital funding for programs, outreach and events that benefit both local older adults and youth in our community. I see a […]

The Brunswick Teen Center Scoop-a-Thon at The Gelato Fiasco on April 5 proved to be a successful community effort to support the needs of area youth. This has been the fourth consecutive year The Gelato Fiasco “hosted” a fundraiser for this local program. Once again I have rarely seen so many different segments of our […]

When spring cleaning, remember to clean out medicine cabinets of any medications no longer needed and drop them off during the National Medication Collection on April 28, between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Brunswick collection site is McLellan Building, 83 Union St. Other sites include Topsham Municipal Building and Harpswell Town Office. For more information, and […]

Was it magic?! Of course not, but our 10th annual Music in April was magical. As practitioners know, magic requires preparation and commitment. Thus it was, on the eve of April 12, at Brunswick’s Knights of Columbus Hall where more than 200 guests and supporters of People Plus gathered. The preparation, commitment and hard work […]