TOPSHAM The Alfred M. Senter Fund awarded the Cathance River Education Alliance (CREA) a $6,500 grant to be used to help pay to replace the roof at the alliance’s Cathance River Ecology Center. The center’s roof “has little insulation, and a rusting corrugated surface,” a CREA release states. “ Volunteers originally built the roof back […]

BRUNSWICK — Robert and Janis Chapman are excited to announce the engagement of their daughter, Maya Elizabeth Chapman, to Ian Doumas, son of Sharon Doumas of Raymond, N.H., and Steve Doumas of Merrimack, N.H. Chapman attended the Mechanic Falls school system and graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn. In 2005, she graduated from […]

HARPSWELL — Catherine and Donald Curry of Harpswell are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Bradford George Curry, to Shannon Melissa Taylor. Curry is a 2004 graduate of Mt. Ararat High School and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Trident University, and currently […]

WOOLWICH — Gary “Lee” Snyder of Bowdoin and Carol Cromwell of Wiscasset are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Snyder, to Nathaniel Johnston, son of Peter and Christine Johnston of Woolwich. Snyder is a 2003 graduate of Wiscasset High School, and for the past five years has been employed by Wiscasset Family […]

Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick A boy, Corbin James Bryer, to Aimee Suzanne (Carrier) and Darrell James Bryer of Wiscasset, Jan. 2, 2012. A boy, Avery James Tolefree, to Ahptyn Anastasia Chattick and Devin Lebon Tolefree of Bath, Jan. 3, 2012. A boy, Oliver Layton Iles, to Erica Leigh (Rockwood) and Cory Owen Iles of Topsham, […]

HOBOKEN, N. J. — The wedding of Kathryn Susan Guptill and Jordan Richard Daub took place on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at the W Hotel in Hoboken, N.J. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Guptill of Brunswick. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Daub of Farmingdale, N.Y. […]

Bowdoin PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. FINANCE COMMITTEE, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. PLANNING BOARD, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick POLICE STATION SUBCOMMITTEE, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station […]

BATH — Patten Free Library’s next winter gardening series program is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at the library. Master Gardener Linton Studdiford will present “Vegetable Gardening 101.” Participants can “learn what vegetable varieties are good for beginning gardeners and which grow best in Maine,” a Patten Free Library release states. “The […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick High School class of 2014 is collecting used cellphones through March 31. The class invites the public to donate unwanted cellphones in bags placed at various locations around town, including Maine Running Shoe, Curtis Memorial Library and Big Top Deli. The sophomores will collect used cellphones, which will be recycled. The […]

Jay Davis of Portland writes of today’s verse that his mother grew up in Aroostook County, the source of Maine potatoes, adding that his lineage goes back to Scotch-Irish immigrants. These facts may help to explain his typically offbeat poem, which honors potatoes and immigrants at the same time. POTATOES BY JAY DAVIS A family […]