Last Friday, our chamber hosted the Annual Awards Night 2025 with 115 attendees joining us to celebrate eight incredible business leaders. It was truly a special night with laughter, some holding back of tears and one common thread that community may be more important now then it has ever been. Over the next few weeks, […]
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Trout Unlimited project manager to lead discussion at March meeting
The Merrymeeting Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host Lauren Pickford, TU Maine project manager, to discuss TU’s priority waters as well as ongoing and future projects around the state at its monthly meeting Tuesday, March 18, at Sea Dog Brewing in Topsham. Pickford holds degrees from the University of Maine and Unity College and […]
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Topsham backs improved fish passage at Androscoggin dam
The Topsham Select Board voted March 6 to join the effort to restore the Androscoggin River to health and prosperity after decades of blockage and neglect. The unanimous vote to support improvement in migratory fish passage at the Brunswick-Topsham dam comes a month after Brunswick officials signaled support for a new fish ladder. The Topsham […]
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Guest conductor leads Midcoast Symphony Orchestra in fire-themed program
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra continues its 35th season with a concert titled “Passionate & Fiery Compositions” in Lewiston on March 22 and in Topsham on March 23. Guest conductor Hiroya Miura, associate professor of music at Bates College, will lead the orchestra in these fire-themed performances. Miura has chosen Robert Schumann’s “Symphony No. 2” as the […]
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A preview of what’s to come for Midcoast chamber of commerce
This Friday, March 14, the Bath-Brunswick Regional Chamber of Commerce is hosting its Annual Awards Night 2025 hosted in part by Wilcox Wellness & Fitness and Clark Insurance with support from MaineHealth as our Video Sponsor and Cook’s Lobster & Ale House as our Catering & Cocktail Sponsor. Primarily, the evening is exactly what it […]
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Study group recommends locking up students’ phones during school day
The Maine School Administrative District 75 board will consider a proposal that would require high school students to keep their cellphones locked inside special pouches from the start of the school day until after the final bell. The recommendation came from the district’s Personal Technology Study Group, which researched other districts’ policies on student phone […]
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Mt. Ararat Middle School educator receives Teacher of Excellence Award
The Maine Council for English Language Arts (MCELA) recently announced Michele Aronson from Mt. Ararat Middle School as a recipient of the inaugural MCELA Teacher of Excellence Award. This new award honors outstanding English language arts educators in Maine who demonstrate excellence in teaching, contribute meaningfully to the profession and show an unwavering commitment to […]
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March 10 x 100: 10 business updates to keep you up to date
Here are 10 updates in approximately 100 words or less. As always, these are mostly unrelated topics that I think are noteworthy for engaged citizens — here we go! Goodwill has big ribbon-cutting I was at the Goodwill of Northern New England ribbon-cutting on a frigid morning two weeks ago, with 50-75 shoppers on hand […]
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Why is the Mt. Ararat hockey team investigation taking so long?
While other recent hazing investigations were completed in a matter of weeks, the probe of allegations involving the Mt. Ararat boys hockey team has continued for nearly 2 months.
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Drag queens help break barriers at state ice fishing event
The pair led activities Feb. 15 at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife’s Winter Extravaganza at Range Pond State Park in Poland.