BATH – Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, statewide literary organization, has announced its move on July 1 to newly renovated offices at the Washington Street campus of the Midcoast Center for Higher Education, University College Bath/Brunswick, in Bath.The facility, formerly a medical center, is owned by the city of Bath, which welcomed the alliance as […]

LEWISTON – Announcement is made of the following births at Central Maine Medical Center:Casey Jae Kaplan, a girl to Kerry and Steve Kaplan of North Monmouth, July 7. Sibling, Emily. Grandparents, Eva Stalmuke of Peru, Judith Chase of North Monmouth, Waman Hotham of Sebago Lake.Makayla Leigh Begin, a girl to Robyn and Roger Begin of […]

AUGUSTA — Old Fort Western, the 1754 National Historic Landmark fort, store and house museum on the Kennebec River, will host a photographers weekend from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27.All visitors bringing a camera with them will be admitted free. The fort will conduct a photography contest for those […]

AUBURN – The Maine Technical College System board of trustees has selected Brian N. Hamel to serve as board chairman for the upcoming year. Hamel is president and CEO of Loring Development Authority in Limestone. Joanna Jones was chosen to serve as vice chairwoman.Hamel has overseen the development of the Loring Commerce Centre since 1994. […]

PORTLAND – Ten Maine high school graduates were awarded $2,500 each by Peoples Heritage Bank as part of the bank’s annual Peoples Promise scholarship program to reward Maine students for academic excellence and help offset their higher education costs.Students receiving the $2,500 scholarships were: Ashley A. Barnard of Unity, Mount View High School; Jessica M. […]

AUGUSTA – The Pilgrims are coming to Augusta on Thursday, Aug. 7, arriving as part of a reenactment of the 1628 voyage to the Kennebec River that resulted in the opening of the fur trade between the Plymouth Colony and Kennebec area Indians.This year marks the 375th anniversary of that voyage. The Pilgrim John Howland […]

LIVERMORE FALLS – A story in Tuesday’s Farmington edition did not include the date of a Planning Board public hearing to discuss a new residential home and rehabilitation center at the former Parkview Nursing Home. The hearing will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, in the library auditorium.

NORWAY – The following birth is announced at Stephens Memorial Hospital:Dylan Michael Davis, a boy to Brandi Collins and Michael Davis of Oxford, July 12. Grandparents, Sue and Skip Mowatt and Fred Collins Jr. of South Paris, Beverly Spinhirn and Allen Croteau of Oxford, Bill and Amy Davis of Fremont, N.C. Sibling, Jordan.Out of stateWESTMINSTER, […]

LEWISTON – The following births are announced at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center:Micah Negley, a boy to Marvin and Ruby Negley of Bowdoin, June 3. Siblings, Maxwell, Moriah, Miranda and Mackenzie. Grandparents, Shannon and Marian Negley of Auburn, Harry Smith of Chelsea, Gail Card of Bowdoin; great-grandparents, Paul and Betty Jane Negley of St. Thomas, […]

AUGUSTA – Old Fort Western, the 1754 National Historic Landmark fort, store and house museum on the Kennebec River, will host the first of two Kennebec-Chaudiere Corridor weekends from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 19 and 20.The purpose is to make corridor residents and the public more aware of the corridor’s human […]