In Bath, community chess games help bridge generations

Age Friendly Communities hopes chess tables made by Bath Tech students spark new connections in downtown Bath.

Language center gives New Mainers boost in quest for college degrees

The new facility at Southern Maine Community College provides tutoring to help students apply their developing English skills to course work.

Brunswick film puts spotlight on ‘The Mayor,’ a local man with rare genetic disorder

The documentary, expected to premiere in January, follows the life of Josh Duffy, a Brunswick man with a rare disorder called Williams Syndrome.

Brunswick Salvation Army store permanently closes amid labor shortage

The second-hand nonprofit store is among the latest businesses in the Bath-Brunswick area to close or scale back operations — a situation brought on by a lack of employees.

CSCE’s Gala of Wander will be held Nov. 6

$4.1 million infrastructure project underway at former Brunswick base

Projects for this fiscal year, which began in July and will continue through June 2022, include LED streetlights, an extension to the Allagash walking trail, airport repaving and electric vehicle charging stations.

Faces of domestic violence posted in Yarmouth, Falmouth

"It's letting people know that we're done with the suffering and the violence. The community needs to stand with survivors," says Finding Our Voices volunteer.

Harpswell oyster hatchery may farm kelp at Mitchell Field

According to Running Tide's website, the company is growing kelp that floats on the water’s surface to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as part of a pilot project.

Fundraiser will help New Mainers, veterans in need furnish homes

Westbrook-based nonprofit Furniture Friends plans a virtual slumber party fundraiser to assist in its efforts to provide furniture to low-income residents in Greater Portland.

Maine Medical Center nurses urge hospital to revert to previous COVID protections

Some members of the nurses union, which formed in April, argue rolling back protections puts them at an increased risk.