The Times Record

BATH — When a 3-year-old classmate lost everything in a house fire, students in the Bath Head Start pre-kindergarten program took action. Full Story »

AUGUSTA — The Christian Civic League of Maine, a conservative religious organization, issued a statement Monday urging Senate President Elizabeth “Libby” Mitchell, D-Vassalboro, to open to the public a meeting Wednesday between legislative leaders and advocates for same-sex marriage. Full Story »

BRUNSWICK — Even though the last P-3 Orions to call Brunswick Naval Air Station “home” took off 10 days ago, the Mid-coast region got one more chance Monday night to say “welcome home” to a returning squadron. Full Story »

BRUNSWICK — The Navy’s Blue Angels aerobatics team announced Monday it will return to Brunswick Naval Air Station on Aug. 27 and 28, 2011. Full Story »

BATH — A top industry publication reported Monday that the Navy intends to eliminate its CG(X) cruiser program, a multibillion-dollar future warship once seen as the ultimate prize for shipyards like Bath Iron Works. Full Story »

BATH — The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Wednesday, as nearly a half a foot of snow is predicted to fall in Maine during the morning and midday hours. Full Story »

BRUNSWICK — In anticipation of Wednesday’s winter storm, the Friends of Merrymeeting Bay has postponed a talk titled “Coyote — America’s Song Dog. Full Story »

BATH — A Bath man has been charged and an accomplice may be arrested for stealing property from Front Street last spring. Full Story »

BRUNSWICK — Sonya Messer visits the Oasis Health Network adult clinic each month to pick up a handful of prescriptions, including Imitrex for her migraines and eyedrops to treat glaucoma. Full Story »

BATH — Northrop Grumman Corp. announced last week it has been awarded $171 million by the Navy for advance materials to be used in the restart of the 20-year-old DDG-51 destroyer program. Full Story »

BRUNSWICK — The unattended death Sunday of a 26-year-old Brunswick man remains under investigation by Brunswick police. Full Story »

FREEPORT — Freeport Conservation Trust has received a gift of 13.14 undeveloped acres off Durham Road. The trust issued a release Friday to announce the gift from Aqua Maine Inc. Full Story »

The Republican Party has an identity crisis. The party of old has disappeared, replaced by talking heads of the “Me” generation. Full Story »

BRUNSWICK — A general “tidying up” of Maine Street and a Welcome Committee for new residents and businesses are among the more immediate changes expected in Brunswick’s downtown resulting from an “overwhelming” response to a survey conducted by the Brunswick Downtown Association. Full Story »

With a team of 23 volunteers on the floor of Santa’s North Pole Annex, our volunteer effort to ensure that all local children find gifts under the tree this Christmas continues at lightning speed. Full Story »

BRUNSWICK — The first significant snowfall of the season caused headaches — but no serious injuries — for Brunswick drivers, who found themselves sliding off roads and facing fines for failing to heed a Saturday night parking ban. Full Story »

TOPSHAM — Fourth-graders at Woodside Elementary School welcomed eight very special “teachers” to their school Friday morning. Full Story »

BRUNSWICK — Townsend Studios, located in the restored Carney House Carriage House in downtown Brunswick, will hold a grand opening celebration this evening and Saturday to coincide with Arts Downtown & All Around, sponsored the Five River Arts Alliance. Full Story »

In my role as a volunteer for the Santa Claus Fund, I arrived at Santa’s North Pole Annex bright and early Thursday morning. To my surprise, young Tony Bernier was there waiting, with boxes of hand-knit mittens — 250 pairs of mittens to be exact. Wow! Full Story »

Times Record Staff HARPSWELL Maine Education Commissioner Susan Gendron informed School Administrative District 75 on Thursday that she had approved the district’s application to close West Harpswell School. Full Story »

AUGUSTA — Parents of elementary- and middle-school-age students who received vaccinations against swine flu in school-sponsored clinics learned this week that a second dose of the H1N1 vaccine will not arrive in Maine in time for some scheduled follow-up shots. Full Story »

BRUNSWICK — With an eye toward moving People Plus to its new Union Street headquarters by early spring 2010, architects, town officials and representatives of People Plus are moving “very aggressively” to renovate the building and hire a contractor to complete the work. Full Story »

TOPSHAM — After two previous board meetings at which Selectman James Trusiani said he’d serve Selectwoman Sandra Consolini with a Freedom of Information request, he delivered on Thursday. Full Story »

FREEPORT — Freeport Merchants Association will sponsor the 16th annual Sparkle Weekend celebration beginning this evening in Freeport. Full Story »

TOPSHAM — Residents of The Highlands Retirement Community, joined by staff from Maine’s congressional delegation, packed the Maine Lodge Dining Room on Thursday to hear a four-person panel discuss the health care reform bill being debated in Congress. The bill’s working title is “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” Full Story »