News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

Home-grown toy-store chain expands to Bath

BATH — A business that started in Yarmouth as a home-based online venture in 2001 has now opened its third retail store. Although Anita and Jim Demetropoulos weren't planning to expand Island Treasure Toys, they said they decided to open at 182 Front St. after the landlord appro...

Alex Lear • News •

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 11:50 am

Harpswell Community Garden hopes to grow participation, production

HARPSWELL — The Harpswell Community Garden hopes to double its volunteer participation this year and donate five times the amount of produce it provided last year to families with food insecurity. "We really struggled with coordinating and recruiting volunteers last year," Jane Covey...

Dylan Martin • News •

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 10:30 am

Bath Police Dept. taps veteran officer as new lieutenant

BATH — Bob Savary, a 21-year veteran of the Police Department, was promoted this week to the rank of lieutenant. Savary replaces Stan Cielinski, who retired earlier this year and is now an investigator at Bath Iron Works. "Bob is a very well-rounded officer, he's been here a w...

Alex Lear • News •

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 9:50 am

Community Calendar, April 24-May 7

Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 4/25 Faculty Talent Show and Silent Auction, 5:15-8 p.m., King Middle School, 92 Deering Ave., Portland, 874-8140. Friday 4/26 ...

Community •

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 11:30 am

Arts Calendar, April 24-May 7

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 4/24 Meet the Author: Betty Williams, 6:30 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, 26 Main St., Cumberland, 829-2215. Thursday 4/25

Lifestyle •

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 10:40 am

People & Business: April 24

Recognition The Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust has received the 2013 Community eco-Excellence Award for Cumberland after being nominated by ecomaine board member and Cumberland resident Susan McGinty. The awards are presented annually for contributions in preserving...

Community •

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Out & About: ‘The Armed Man’ is powerful new ballet

This week’s top picks in the performing arts cover a lot of artistic territory: music, musical theater and dance. The latter is represented by Portland Ballet’s powerful new production of “The Armed Man,” a work for chorus, orchestra and dancers that will be presented at M...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •

Monday, April 22, 2013 at 1:00 pm

Unsung Hero: Jim Mardin of Portland, keeping Maine's military history alive

SOUTH PORTLAND — “June 13, 1944: France. Spent the early morning hours beside vehicles. Many German planes flying around the sky was red with tracers.” Portland resident Jim Mardin was 22 years old when he wrote those words in his log. He and other members of the advanced...

David Treadwell • News •

Monday, April 22, 2013 at 10:50 am

The Universal Notebook: About that well-regulated militia ...

Now that the U.S. Senate has made sure there is no chance that Americans will ever get the gun controls we want and need, I’m sure the victorious gunslingers of America won’t mind a little look back at what the Second Amendment was originally all about. A good buddy – an ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:40 am

Global Matters: Terror in Boston, and the price of prevention

As Boston recovers from the brutal attack on the marathon and the city begins to regain its equilibrium , the eyes of the nation and the attention of Congress will soon turn away from the incident itself and pivot to the so-called “root causes” of terror. We’ll stop seein...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •

Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:30 am