PHIPPSBURG — The Popham Chapel will begin its seasonal schedule of worship services on Sunday, May 31. The Popham Chapel, located near the end of Route 209 in the Popham Village, will offer its interdenominational worship services at 10 a.m. each Sunday until the end of September. Rev. Ed McCartan will return to lead us […]

WEST BATH — Gospel Light Fellowship will celebrate 14 years of ministry Saturday, May 30, and Sunday, May 31. Guest speaker and singer, Pastor Rick Libby will be ministering in all three services, at 6 p.m. Saturday, and 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Libby has been in full time ministry for more than […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Gil Magtuloy sits at a computer monitor inside Space Coast Seafarers Ministries and listens as his 6-year old daughter sings to him from their home, a world away in the Philippines. Magtuloy, 35, a galley steward aboard the Disney Dream cruise ship, and dozens of other cruise ship crew members turn to […]

We’d driven our family minivan as long as we could. Someone had generously donated it to us several years before when we needed a second vehicle after nearly two decades as a onevehicle family. At the time, it had more than 200,000 miles on it. We added another 60,000 and, like any good Mainer, my […]

WASHINGTON Authorities have arrested an ex-convict who was accused in the killings of a wealthy Washington family and their housekeeper. Members of a fugitive task force arrested Daron Dylon Wint, 34, on Thursday around 11 p.m., about a week after authorities said the family was killed and their mansion set on fire. Wint has been […]

PORTLAND — Jehovah’s Witnesses will begin their 2015 U.S. convention series with back-to-back weekends in Maine, beginning today, May 22. The 2015 “Imitate Jesus!” regional conventions will continue worldwide through January 2016. Each local threeday convention is open to the public, free of charge. “This year’s convention theme — ‘Imitate Jesus’ — recognizes Jesus Christ […]

BRUNSWICK — The tradition of honoring servicemen and women who have died defending our nation and its values dates back to the Civil War. A day set aside to mark the end of the war and as a memorial to those who had died in battle it was originally named Decoration Day. As we observe […]

PORTLAND Bishop Robert P. Deeley will celebrate an outdoor Memorial Day Mass at Cavalry Cemetery on 1461 Broadway in South Portland at 9 a.m. Monday, May 25. The Mass will be celebrated in the Saint Dominic/Armed Forces section of the new cemetery. In the event of rain, it will take place at St. Maximilian Kolbe […]

The Times Record All Saints Parish, based in Brunswick, will be saying goodbye to its pariochial vicar in July, and his replacement has also been announced. Fr. Normand E. Carpentier will retire from active ministry, effective July 1. Born in Quantico, Virginia, Fr. Carpentier attended schools in Lewiston, Auburn and Sherbrooke, Quebec, before completing his […]

BOSTON For nearly 11 years now, parishioners have protested the closing of their church on the Massachusetts seacoast, keeping round-theclock vigil there and holding Sunday services even though the Roman Catholic Church has de-consecrated the sanctuary. On Thursday, May 21, the Friends of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church continued to stand their ground, announcing plans […]