RICHMOND — Thursday marked the start of the Richmond Area Food Pantry’s March Madness “ Can Hunger” Drive. The drive will run until March 17. According to a release about the drive, cans were to be distributed Thursday to area churches, schools, town offices and financial institutions in Richmond and Dresden in an effort to […]

BRUNSWICK — Adult ballet classes start Wednesday at the People Plus Center, 35 Union St. Sessions will run from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Wednesdays. The cost is $40 for four weeks. Advance registration is requested, as four students must enroll by Monday to ensure that the program will be offered. “Ballet is more than […]

BRUNSWICK — Steve Firmani, who investigates reports of unidentified flying objects in New England, will discuss significant UFO incidents in New England at 3:30 p. m. Monday at Thornton Oaks, 25 Thornton Way. Firmani is founder and director of New England Mutual UFO Network, (MUFON), an effort to organize and merge MUFON’s New England state […]

TOPSHAM — The American Cancer Society will host Spin for Hope, a three-hour indoor cycling event, Sunday at participating health clubs throughout New England. In the Mid-coast region, the event will run from 9 a.m. to noon at the ComeFIT Zone, 96 Bristol Road, Damariscotta. “While it has long been an accepted fact that physical […]

WOOLWICH Kennebec Estuary Land Trust ( KELT) will hold an evening owl prowl at 5 p.m. today at Merrymeeting Fields Preserve. “Join KELT’s volunteer naturalist Fred Cichocki, (also) head naturalist for Chewonki Boys Camp, for an evening romp in the woods in search of owls at Merrymeeting Fields Preserve,” a release states. “ We will […]

WEST BATH The driver of a van that hit a utility pole on State Road this morning escaped injury. According to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department, a 2000 Plymouth Voyager driven by Don Trimble, 44, of 28 Mountain Road, West Bath, hit the utility pole at about 6:47 a.m. Deputy Mark Anderson responded. Chief […]

HARPSWELL Upon its 25th anniversary, the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust (HHLT) is looking to complete a survey of members and Harpswell residents to identify the area’s most important conservation projects. The effort that began in 2011 has collected more than 275 responses from within the organization and from selected people in the community, according to […]

BRUNSWICK A 19- year- old Brunswick man indicted in October for felony robbery after what police said was a drug deal gone bad pleaded guilty in January and received a deferred sentence plus 30 days in county jail. Armand Maderal of 4 Windward Walk, Brunswick, was charged with robbing another Brunswick man at knifepoint near […]

TOPSHAM — Due to inclement weather, the Board of Selectmen meeting initially scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday has been postponed to March 8.