Category: Midcoast Beacon
Topsham’s Bickford honored for work in dairy industry
AUGUSTA – Longtime Maine Dairy Industry Association Executive Director Julie-Marie Bickford is the recipient of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 2020 Commissioner’s Distinguished…
Singing Valentine can be on its way to a sweetheart of your choice
The Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus of Midcoast Maine — seen here with a happy recipient — will offer singing valentines for delivery Friday, Feb. 14. Clad…
Connected gathering is Feb. 3 in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Connected, a free gathering for widowers, widows, divorced people and singles 55 and over will hold its monthly meeting from 7 to 9…
Photography in the Civil War era Chamberlain Roundtable Feb. 13 topic
BRUNSWICK — “Photography, Memory, and the Civil War” will be the topic for the Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Civil War Roundtable meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday,…
Pejepscot Genealogical Society meeting will review library resources
BRUNSWICK — The Pejepscot Genealogical Society will hold its next meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, in the Morrell Meeting Room of the Curtis…
Four central Maine graduates receive Appleby dental scholarship
MANCHESTER — Four local graduates were selected to receive the 2019 Alva S. Appleby Scholarship from the Maine Dental Association Charitable Foundation. Greta-Anne Castonguay, a…
Carson to hold January office hours in Freeport, Brunswick, Harpswell
AUGUSTA — Sen. Brownie Carson, D-Harpswell, has announced three office hours events for January, in Freeport, Brunswick and Harpswell. Public office hours provide residents a…
Author Griffin to discuss Hudson biography in Topsham Jan. 23
TOPSHAM — Lewiston author Mark Griffin will discuss the life of Rock Hudson and screen a short documentary on Hudson’s life from 6 to 8…
UMA-Rockland Center gets donation to help Midcoast students
AUGUSTA — Beverly and David W. Worthington have made a donation to the UMA-Rockland Center to support and encourage local high school graduates to pursue…
Central, western Maine schools get grants from Teen to Trails
BRUNSWICK — Teens to Trails has announced 18 grants to schools through its 2019-2020 Grants-to-Clubs program. Many of the awards are gear or money that…
