The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick says that their Concerts for a Cause series has raised $1,719 for each of its 2017-2018 charities, the Gathering Place and the Brunswick Area Teen Center. UUCB Concerts for a Cause is a series of performances hosted by the UU Church of Brunswick to support the work of local non-profits. During the 2018-19 […]
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Project that helped homeless youth revived through partnership with Midcoast Community Alliance
BRUNSWICK — A program working to combat youth homelessness in Brunswick-area school systems has been given a second chance at life after it had to shut down when it lost funding. The Merrymeeting Project, previously a collaboration between Tedford Housing and the Brunswick, Bath-based RSU 1 and Topsham-based MSAD 75 school districts, bridged the gap […]
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Lisbon to hold class reunion
The 27th annual Lisbon Golden Reunion will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7. at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston, with a meet and greet at 11:00 am and a buffet at 12:30 pm. It is open to all those who graduated from, or attended, Lisbon High School 50 or more years ago, and their guests. […]
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Girl Scout collects empty plastic cat litter containers for local pet pantry
Troop 1780 Girl Scout Taylor Mario,14, is collecting cat litter containers and other pet supplies as part of her Cat Litter Project. These donations will help Dogwil, which works with the Bath Food Pantry, to help food insecure families provide for their pets. Mario will be earning her Silver award — the second highest award in Girl scouts — […]
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Bizarre counterfeit bills targeting readers of Jewish authors alarm Brunswick library
BRUNSWICK — Jeoff Feiss of Harpswell may have been hoping for a little enlightenment about Jewish-American life when he checked out Herman Wouk’s “Inside Outside” from Brunswick’s Curtis Memorial Library. But when he opened the novel, he found something he called disturbing. An unknown person had left inserts resembling counterfeit bills featuring New Testament Bible […]
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Bath to celebrate sixth annual Kindness Day
BATH — Kindness Day, a community celebration founded with the intention of reminding people to be good to one another, returns to Bath for the sixth year this Saturday. The free event will take place along Front and Centre streets in Bath from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Favorite stations like “Have Your Portrait Painted […]
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Maine briefs: Maine bicentennial celebration gets boost from NEH; USS Santa Fe arrives at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Maine bicentennial celebration gets boost from NEH AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The National Endowment for the Humanities is going to help a pair of Maine cultural institutions engage more with the public about the state’s bicentennial. Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree says the funding is going to the Maine Humanities Council and the University of Maine, Augusta. […]
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At New Hampshire rally, Trump dismisses fears about economy
MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Trump on Thursday night sought to reassure his supporters about the state of the U.S. economy despite the stock market volatility and told rallygoers in New Hampshire, a state that he hopes to capture in 2020, that their financial security depends on his reelection. “Whether you love me or hate me […]
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Vermont seeks meeting with feds to talk drug importation
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s Gov. Phil Scott is asking for a meeting with federal officials to discuss the details of a Trump Administration plan that would allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canada as a way to save money on expensive drugs. In a Tuesday letter to Health and Human Secretary Alex Azar that was […]
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Environmentalists weigh in on right whale rules for lobster industry
SOUTH PORTLAND — Environmentalists showed up in large numbers Thursday night to urge federal fishing regulators to defend the endangered right whale against what they claim is the looming extinction threat posed by the Maine lobster industry. Some of the largest and most powerful animal and environmental groups – including Oceana, the Natural Resources Defense […]