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St. Andrews Auxiliary: Celebrates our mission, honors members and volunteers at annual appreciation luncheon
On a perfect Maine summer day, president Gloria Wakefield, welcomed our members and volunteers to our celebration of gathering together and thanking each other for our individual volunteer contributions to our mission of serving our community. Our celebration included a delicious lunch, exquisitely prepared and served, by the staff, at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club on Wednesday, July 17.
Where battlefield leaders become business leaders- Boothbay is Grateful event Aug. 15-17
On behalf of the Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort, The Special Operators Transition Foundation (SOTF) invites you to meet our military’s most elite Special Operations Leaders, who are looking for opportunities after they finish serving our country. Guests for these events include our military’s top-tier Special Operations Leaders, local...
West Harbor Pond Watershed annual meeting Aug. 4
The West Harbor Pond Watershed Association’s annual meeting and potluck picnic will be held Sunday, Aug. 4, 1-4 p.m., at 226 Lakeside Drive. Our speaker this year will be Rebecca Jacobs, program manager for the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District. All members, associates, and friends of the WHPWA, and anyone with an interest in the WHPWA’s continuing work to protect the Pond’s water quality are invited to attend. We ask that you bring a side dish or a dessert for the potluck picnic. The WHPWA will provide hot dogs, buns, drinks, etc.
'Right-to-fish' policy passed in Harpswell amid complaints over smell, sound of waterfront
HARPSWELL (WGME) - Harpswell town leaders unanimously passed a new "right-to-fish" policy, aimed at protecting the industry against complaints from residents who are new to town. “Fishing can be kind of a dirty, smelly, loud business sometimes, but we all enjoy seafood and it’s got to be done," Harpswell Select...
Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Ogunquit Playhouse
The Ogunquit Playhouse is filling its summer nights with a little night music- literally. “A Little Night Music” is a sophisticated musical comedy with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler set in early 20th century Sweden. The story revolves around a complex web of relationships and romantic entanglements among the privileged upper class.
Thomaston Town Manager's Report delivers Dragon Cement update: No plans to sell plant, close quarry
Kara George, Thomaston Town Manager, issued the following on current operations of Dragon Products in Thomaston:. I am pleased to provide an update on the current operations of Dragon Cement in Thomaston, following recent discussions with the company's Executive Vice President from South Carolina. Distribution Model: Dragon Cement has successfully...
Trail walk at Pineland Farms Wednesday July 24
Nine of us walked the Shaker Bog trail. We found the heat bearable under the tree canopy and with the slight breeze from the bog. The trail has multiple trees across the path but it was maneuverable for all of us. It’s a quiet location where we saw two loons.
Maine College Football Coaches Luncheon kicks off start of new season
BRUNSWICK (WGME) -- The 17th annual Maine College Football Coaches Luncheon kicked off at Bowdoin College Monday. Coaching staffs from Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Husson, Maine Maritime, UNE and the University of Maine were on hand talking football and helping to grow the game in Maine. For the coaches, Monday's luncheon...
Family sues Cumberland County Jail after man's overdose death while incarcerated
PORTLAND, Maine — Taylor Webster was with her daughter on her way to visit James Mannion, the father of her two children, at the Cumberland County Jail. But before they could get there, she got a phone call, telling her Mannion was found dead. "He was a good father...
Man admits robbing Maine postal carriers, breaking into local post offices
PORTLAND, Maine — A man from New Jersey pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to burglarizing two Maine post offices and robbing two U.S. Postal Service letter carriers at knifepoint. According to court records, during the span of one week in January, Winston McLeod, 31, and...
York residents sue to stop new cellular antennas on water tank
YORK (WGME) -- Two York residents are suing to try to prevent a new cellular facility from being installed. AT&T wants to put six-panel antennas on a water tank in York to help boost cell service in the area, which it says is weak. Two residents are appealing the project's...
The love on stage at Maine State Music Theatre isn’t staged. It’s real.
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Darien Crago and Daniel Plimpton, two of the lead actors in Maine State Music Theatre’s production of "White Christmas," portray a couple who fall in love and become engaged. Playing the roles did not require a tremendous leap of imagination. They met 10 years ago...
Win Tickets to Godsmack with Nothing More & Flat Black in Bangor
Win tickets to see Godsmack with Nothing More and Flat Black featuring Jason Hook, Friday, July 26 at the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor. Winning is easy. Fill out the form below with basic info and you’re automatically entered to win. We’re giving away several pairs of tickets.
Some Theatre Company Presents: Exit, Pursued by a Bear
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Some Theatre Company announced another production they say will thrill its audience from start to finish. “Exit, Pursued by a Bear,” is a dark revenge comedy by Lauren Gunderson. The show tells the story of Nan, a fed-up wife who takes matters into her own...
Work to reopen Seawall Road begins
SOUTHWEST HARBOR - Sometimes it just takes a community to get a job done. That's what the residents of Mount Desert Island are saying. Local contractors, who are often competitors, are working together to rebuild the Seawall Road in Southwest Harbor. It was destroyed in the winter storms and has...
Friends of Sears Island to offer ‘Wee Forest Folk’ program and summer activity kits to families
SEARSPORT — Friends of Sears Island will be offering a free “Wee Forest Folk” family program on Sears Island on Wednesday, July 31 from 2-3:30 p.m., led by FOSI’s Outreach […]
School improvement bond projects outlined at community forum in Gray
A second info session with Q&A will be held at Memorial School in New Gloucester on Monday, July 22, at 6:30. About 80 residents sweltered in the Gray-New Gloucester High School cafetorium on Wednesday evening for the first of two planned presentations on proposed facilities improvement projects in the works for MSAD 15.
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