The city’s planning team and urban planning firm Camiros will host a series of open houses to hear public comment.
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Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum hires director as founding leader retires
Karen Sigler, of Kennebunk, will succeed John Briley, the Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum’s founding executive director.
Everyone can be a philanthropist in their community
When people hear the word “philanthropist,” they often imagine someone famous or incredibly wealthy. That’s what we often see in the news — someone with a foundation giving away millions or unveiling a building with their name on it. Those folks make big impact and can bring transformational change to a community. But here’s the […]
12-piece ensemble brings rock and blues to Rockland
Watts Hall Band will perform at 6 p.m. Monday, July 28, outside Rockland Public Library. A 12-piece ensemble, the Watts Hall Band delivers a powerful, vocally driven sound with a full horn section, electric keys, sax solos and standout guitar work. The group’s dynamic blend of rock, blues and R&B classics is designed to keep […]
Celtic music runs through Wiscasset Art Walk next week
A Celtic thread will run through the Wiscasset Art Walk and into the evening on Thursday, July 31. Harpist Alex Bigney will be on the sidewalk on the corner of Main and Middle streets near the Garden Club of Wiscasset’s stall. Across the street in Aekeir Tap Room, 111 Main St., the Main St. Music […]
Eclectic trio to take the stage at Johnson Hall Opera House
Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner will welcome a trio of musicians — Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez — to the Reehl Stage at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30. This new trio features instrumentation that the venue said “might safely be called uncommon.” Playing original repertoire, much of it collaboratively written, the group […]
Historian to present talk on Maine families in the age of slavery
The Rockland Public Library will present historian Carol Gardner to contrast two Portland families in the 1800s at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31. Gardner talk is based on her latest history book, “The Divided North: Black and White Families in the Age of Slavery.” This dual-family biography demonstrates that the North was a critical proving […]
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra offers free concert on Brunswick Mall
The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Brunswick Downtown Association will present “MSO Summer Pops on the Mall” at 6 p.m. Friday, July 25, on the downtown Brunswick Mall. Audience members should bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets to this free, outdoor concert featuring summer classical music traditions, including “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “Pomp […]
Wiscasset gallery to host meet-the-artist reception for ‘Golden Horizons’ exhibition
Sylvan Gallery invites the public to a reception to meet artist Paul Batch from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, July 31, in conjunction with its current exhibition, “Golden Horizons: The Sunsets and Moonrises of Paul Batch.” The event coincides with Wiscasset Art Walk, during which the gallery will also be displaying new work from its regular roster […]
Take a tour of historic Brunswick streets
Brunswick’s Mason and Water streets seem like side stories to central arteries of downtown, but in fact they have a rich history, from indigenous use of the land and river to development of the town and growth of industry, to the economic and social lives of residents over the past 250-plus years. Join the Pejepscot […]