O nce upon a time in a village in the snowy Norwegian mountains, there lived a tailor and his family. Every year during the holiday season, the trolls moved into their house. They were so difficult that the family had to move away and the trolls took over. Each year, hoping this would be the […]

Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Arrowsic BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6 p.m. town hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. 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, […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — In response to a recent spike in oil prices and cuts to the Low Income Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Southern Maine Community College ( SMCC) plans to offer free weatherization courses next week. The classes, offered through SMCC’s Continuing Studies Department, will be taught at the Sustainable Energy Alternatives Center ( SEA […]

Bath CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON ARMORY, Thursday, 6 p.m., City Hall. Brunswick SCHOOL BOARD: POLICY COMMITTEE, Thursday, 4:15 p.m., Hawthorne School, 46 Federal St. Phippsburg CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Thursday, 5:30 p.m., town hall. ROAD COMMITTEE, Thursday, 7 p.m., town hall. SHELLFISH CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Thursday, 7 p.m., town hall. Reg. School Unit 12 TEACHER NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE, Thursday, […]

Midshipmen Ryan Collet and Allyson Fuehrer, both of Freeport, were sworn in as members of the Maine Maritime Academy Regiment of Midshipmen at a ceremony during fall 2011. Collet and Fuehrer, both graduates of Freeport High School, are members of the class of 2015 and are majoring in marine transportation operations. Midshipman Wesley Hollinghead of Harpswell was sworn in […]

The Moxie Festival theme contest is entering its final stages. The Moxie Festival, to be held in Lisbon Falls from July 13 to July 15, will celebrate its 30th year in 2012. The Moxie Festival Committee seeks suggestions for this year’s theme. Entries can be emailed to debwagner@gwi.net or mailed to Debra Wagner, Moxie Festival […]

BATH — The Bath Farmers Market is open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the Bath UCC, 150 Congress Ave. The winter market holds a monthly raffle. Each vendor will give shoppers a raffle ticket when a customer buys produce, cheese, baked goods, coffee or other items sold at the market. Shoppers can then […]

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick Area Respite Care and CHANS Home Health Care plan to host a program on how to complete a free living will at 1 p. m. Feb. 1 at the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road. “This is a free interactive and informative seminar that will walk you through the process of completing […]

In this 1941 photo provided by the L.L. Bean Archive, Leon Leonwood Bean is seen with grandsons, from left, Leon Gorman, Jim Gorman and Tom Gorman, at Bean’s office in Freeport. In 1912, L.L. Bean sold his first pair of boots. The privately held company expects to have $1.5 billion in sales in its 2011 […]