LISBON — While most people in the U.S. are preparing for holiday activities, local volunteers with Operation Christmas Child — the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind — are filling shoe box gifts with toys, school supplies and hygiene items for needy children overseas. This year-round project of international relief aid organization Samaritan’s Purse, […]

BRUNSWICK — A high school fair for eighth-graders at St. John’s School will be held on Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Representatives and students from local high schools will be on hand to share what there schools can offer incoming students. Among the schools represented will be Brunswick, Cheverus, St. Dominic’s Academy, Hyde School, […]

BRUNSWICK — The dedication of new facilities at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Pleasant Street, postponed from Wednesday due to an impending Nor’easter, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Nov. 14. The silent auction of organ pipes will begin at 5 p.m. and a potluck supper follows at 5:30 p.m. The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese […]

BRUNSWICK — Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Players will present an evening of mystery and mayhem as they present the interactive play, “The Curse of the Comet,” Saturday, Nov. 17, at 6:30 p.m. “Help us solve the mysterious murder of a well known actor and bring the culprit to justice,” a news release encourages. Light refreshments […]

FREEPORT — Earlier this year, First Parish Congregational Church switched from the “family style” of serving to buffet at its suppers. It was necessary to do so because of the lack of volunteers. At 5 p.m., the supper bell rings followed by a prayer, then people from each table in numerical order goes to the […]

FREEPORT Back in the early 1950s, when the social lives of young couples centered around the church, those couples needed an occasional social outlet. The husbands had returned from World War II, and those couples at First Parish Congregational Church were raising young children. Lois and Archie Dennison were one of those couples. They called […]

As election results continued to trickle in, a spokesman for Washington United for Marriage said he was confident Washington state would join Maryland and Maine, which both approved gay marriage measures Tuesday night.

The greatest ancestor of Maine painting just might be Camille Corot (1796-1875), a leader of the Barbizon School in France. Claude Monet (1840-1926) is the obvious champion of Impressionism — the undeniable great grandparent of Maine landscape painting — and Monet did not quibble about his debt to Corot: “There is only one master here […]

HARPSWELL — The Islands Community Church on Bailey Island has announced its preaching schedule for November. This Sunday, the Rev. Marc Boutan will be the guest preacher. Worship begins at 9:30 a.m. ICC is a non-denominational church based on the teachings of the Bible. The church is led by a board who invite ordained ministers, […]

DURHAM — A harvest supper is planned Saturday at First Congregational Church, 773 Royalsborough Road, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The cost is $10 for ages 13 and older and $5 for ages 6 to 12. Children younger than 5 eat free. The menu will include ham, harvest vegetables, homemade pies and drink.