BRUNSWICK — Samuel Feldman has to take down the swing set that his 9-year-old daughter plays on, and that he hoped his newborn twin boys would one day be able to enjoy. Andrew Dawson may lose the asparagus crop he has cultivated in his garden for the past several years.  Jaime R. Reatiraza will have […]

PHIPPSBURG — An improvised shrine to the Virgin Mary has appeared in the parking lot of a Phippsburg antique shop, and some faithful are using it as a prayer stop.  A few weeks ago, David Cooke, the owner of Maggies Bygones, an antiques store at 165 Main Road in Phippsburg, noticed people pulling into the […]

Curtis Library will host a book talk with Tilly Laskey about her new book “Precious & Adored: The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890-1918,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9. Laskey is co-editor of this collection of letters, published in their entirety, that document almost 30 years of love between two women of […]

BRUNSWICK — Poetry, conchology, cryptography and photography – keen interests of Edgar Allen Poe – come together this month within the “Collaboratory” room at Curtis Memorial Library.  A former computer lab, the room was repurposed a few years ago to showcase revolving displays that reflect the interests of the library’s staff, who work together to […]

BRUNSWICK — Nearly a year after the first hearing, the Department of Marine Resources has issued a draft approval of the controversial expansion of Maquoit Bay’s Mere Point Oyster Co. Draft decisions are given to the lease applicants and intervenors. Both parties have until Nov. 4 to file any responses and requests to correct any “misstatements […]

WOOLWICH — Like many other parent-teacher associations, Woolwich Central School PTA once sent its students door-to-door to sell catalogs in order to raise money. Now, they’re trying a different method, and raised enough money in one evening to eliminate the need for other fundraisers. Taking the inspiration from the NBC sports entertainment show “American Ninja […]

FREEPORT — After working in urgent care for almost a decade, Catherine Lockwood, a Freeport-based doctor, is taking a step back to focus on treating a problem she has seen all too frequently: Lyme disease.  Maine has the highest concentration of people with Lyme disease by population, according to the Center for Disease Control, and […]