News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

Arts Calendar: June 19 to July 2

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Monday 6/24 “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” open casting, 6:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, celeste.m.green@gmail.com. ...

• Lifestyle •

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Out & About: Music festivals in Portland, Brunswick, New Gloucester

Three music festivals are slated for summer’s opening week. The first is the three-day International Piano Festival. Under the aegis of the Portland Conservatory of Music, IPF runs this weekend in the Port City. That's followed a few days later by the Maine Festival of American Music...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •

Monday, June 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm

The Universal Notebook: Is there hope for Obama?

Republicans tend to think that all Democrats love President Barack Obama and follow him blindly into the hopeful future. Not so. Especially not now. When then-Sen. Obama first announced that he was running for the presidency, my initial reaction was that he lacked the essential expe...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:10 am

Abby's Road: The challenges of gift giving

I like to give gifts that can be measured calorically. In my book, you haven’t really said thank you, or Happy Birthday, or sorry about your appendix, if you haven’t handed over a bottle of wine, or a cake made of cookies, or the gluten-free brownies you doubt are at all enjoyable.

Abby Diaz • Opinion •

Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:00 am

Letter: Beem ignores Maine's active seminaries

Edgar Allen Beem recently lamented the loss of Bangor Theological Seminary as another blow to the Christian community in the ongoing drive towards secularism in our country. The fact is that Bangor Theological joined the secular movement years ago and its decline and ultimate closure is in some p...

• Opinion •

Monday, June 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

Letter: Maine should mandate full-day kindergarten

I encourage readers to support funding LD 1143, "An Act to Provide Full Day Kindergarten Programs,” to mandate full-day kindergarten in all districts in Maine. Early childhood is an incredibly formative time for children both academically and socio-emotionally, and school systems nee...

• Opinion •

Monday, June 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

Gertrude A. Haney, 83

BRUNSWICK — Gertrude A. Haney, 83, of Brunswick, died Tuesday at her home. She was born Nov. 7, 1929, in Brunswick, the daughter of Arlene Harmon. She attended Brunswick schools, worked in Freeport shoe shops, and was a homemaker for most of her life. Haney enjoyed...

Obituaries •

Friday, June 14, 2013

William E. Bodwell, 87: Longtime Brunswick businessman

BRUNSWICK — William E. “Brother Bill” Bodwell, 87, died June 7 in Brunswick. He was born April 23, 1926, in Dorchester, Mass., son of Vernor and Mildred Gowen Bodwell. He was a 1944 graduate of Deering High School and graduated from the University of Maine in 1950, w...

Obituaries •

Friday, June 14, 2013

Mid-Coast Meetings: June 14-20

Brunswick Mon. 6/17 7 p.m. Town Council BS Tues. 6/18 noon Housing Authority 12 Stone St. Tues. 6/18 7:15 p.m. Village Review BS Wed. 6/19 noon Development Corporation McL...

Community •

Friday, June 14, 2013

Harpswell voters OK fund account for bandstand

HARPSWELL — Voters on Tuesday approved the creation of a special revenue account for the new Harpswell Bandstand in a 199-34 vote. The creation of the account will allow the town to accept gifts and grants for programming and maintenance costs associated with the Harpswell Bandstand ...

News •

Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 9:40 am