News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

Invasive moths appear on schedule in Harpswell

HARPSWELL — Winter moths are out, and local organizers want residents to be prepared. Robert McIntyre, a member of nonprofit Harpswell Heritage Apples who is working to inform residents about the invasive species, said winter moths were first seen Friday, Nov. 9. The winter mo...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 2:00 pm

Bath-area 7th-graders plant an orchard for the future

BATH — As Hannah Walker and Emeilia Marsh were planting their pear tree behind Bath Middle School last week, one of their concerns was what to name it. The seventh-graders, excited to be out in the sun, were helping to plant a 42-tree orchard as part of the Apple Classroom for Outdoo...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Farmers, customers warm to historic Bath freight shed

BATH — It's a place steeped in history, with a clear view of the future. Bath's last 19th century waterfront freight shed, recently given new life by the Bath Freight Shed Alliance, is the constru...

Alex Lear • News •

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 10:40 am

Recount scheduled in Bath City Council election

BATH — A recount of votes in the City Council Ward 7 election is scheduled for Thursday morning, Nov. 15. Cal Stilphen, who trailed winner Leverett Mitchell by six votes on Election Day, said Wednesday that he requested the recount. "I think I owe it to (his supporters)," Stil...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 10:10 am

Full statement by Maine Sen.-elect Angus S. King Jr. on his caucus decision

November 14, 2012 Today, I am announcing my decision as to which party, if any, I will associate myself with in my work in the United States Senate. Before doing so, however, I want to outline my thinking on this issue and set out the principles that have guided my decision. In answ...

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 9:40 am

Community Calendar: Nov. 14-25

Greater Portland Benefits Wednesday 11/14 Star Gala for Constellation Education, 5:30-8 p.m., Maine Artists Collective, Akari, 193 Middle St., 409-6617. Saturday 11/17

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Arts Calendar: Nov. 14-25

Greater Portland Call for Art The Society for East End Arts is looking for artists to participate in its annual holiday sale, Art on the Hill, to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at East End School in Portland; register at SEAportland.org.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

People and Business

Appointments Susan Adams and Michael Fallona recently joined the Northeast Hearing and Speech Board of Directors. Adams, a nutritionist and lactation counselor for the Women, Infants and Children Food Program at the Opport...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Mid-Coast United Way $40K short of $2M goal

BATH — United Way of Mid Coast Maine has reached 98 percent of its $1.96 million fundraising goal, the organization announced. The annual campaign raised nearly $1.93 million. "Let’s celebrate all the great results that have been achieved to date, and commit ourselves to...

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Monday, November 12, 2012 at 3:40 pm

Out & About: Oratorio Chorale opens its season

By mid-November, nearly every performing arts organization in southern Maine has opened its fall-winter-spring season. One of the last to start is the Mid-Coast-based Oratorio Chorale, which has a pair of concerts coming up Saturday and Sunday in Topsham and Yarmouth. Music director Peter Frewen ...

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Monday, November 12, 2012 at 11:40 am