Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, will host office hours from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, July 23 at Isaac F. Umberhine Public Library, 86 Main St. in Richmond. Office hours provide local residents a chance to meet with their representatives to ask questions and get help with legislative or state government matters. Vitelli will give updates on her […]

Last week, I wrote the sad story of a bald eagle that we found dead on our shore after several days of watching its odd behavior. The eagle likely died of avian flu which has been impacting backyard flocks as well as wild birds in Maine. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is a strain of […]

BoomerTECH Adventures guide Ed Brazee recently shared some good options for addressing the challege of e-waste from discarded digital devices. Getting some credit toward a new phone by turning in your old one, donating a working computer to a worthy cause, or leaving your non-working hardware off at a community recycling center will all help […]

The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust will host a workshop August 6 at 10 a.m. on making an elderberry tincture. The program takes place at the LOCAL Garden in Bath and is for adults only. Laurie Burhoe, the land trust’s LOCAL Garden coordinator, will be showcasing a recipe she uses to make the elderberry tincture. As […]

Midcoast Humane will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration for its new animal sheltering facility in Brunswick July 23 at 10:30 a.m. A grand opening will follow. Construction on the facility at 5 Industrial Parkway was completed in early June and the shelter animals were relocated in mid-June. A Midcoast Humane press release […]

Eight organizations serving Lincoln and Sagadahoc County residents in need of emergency food and shelter support will receive $69,604 in funds from the federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). The grants are part of federal the program’s and American Rescue Plan Act funds. In Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, United Way of Mid Coast Maine […]

The program is a collaboration between Bath Housing Authority and Patten Free Library.

Funding was awarded to support a collaborative project by Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and Bowdoin College

If you missed out on growing a summer vegetable garden – or are enjoying homegrown produce right now and would like to extend your bounty — it’s time to start planning. In most temperate regions, the window of opportunity for growing cool-season crops is opening. Take advantage, and you’ll be positioned to harvest vegetables long […]