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It took Woolwich voters, the 80 who were present for the April 24 town meeting in the elementary school gymnasium, a little over two hours to pass a $2.6 million budget and several ordinance amendments. The 2024-25 municipal budget is up 6.9% from...

New Hope Midcoast, Midcoast, Maine’s comprehensive Domestic Violence Resource Center, will host a free Domestic Violence Roundtable Discussion from 10:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 th in Bath at the Patten Free Library. Everyone is welcome...

The Patten Free Library is now accepting submissions to its annual writing contest. Now in its 10th year, the writing contest awards prizes in both short fiction and nonfiction in multiple categories for teens and adults. What began in 2013 as a fiction and memoir contest for teens has since expanded to include all kinds […]

Abby Dunlap has been volunteering at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library since 2018. “I really didn’t start reading for pleasure until I was a teenager,” says Abby, “then I discovered Robert Ludlum and everything changed! Murder Mysteries and...

Join engineers from GEI Consulting to learn about flood risk in Maine’s City of Ships and take part in a community discussion to share thoughts and concerns. The Bath Climate Action Commission, in partnership with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and the Patten Free Library presents “Climate Conversations: The Shoreline and Coastal Waters” from 5:30-7 […]

The Bath library is now providing teens with resources such as food, clothing and hygiene products.

The city of Bath also awards Maine's First Ship, a co-founder of Sagadahoc Preservation and an active student volunteer.

Bath hosted its four-day Heritage Days festival this weekend, after the pandemic cancelled the last two editions of the 50-year-old event.

Several cities and towns, from York to Lewiston, have events planned.

As pandemic restrictions ease, there are more Independence Day events happening around Maine.