Alna News

ROCKLAND : Julia's Gallery for Young Artists at the Farnsworth Art Museum will open its summer teen art show, "You Know What I'm Saying?" with a 5 to 7 p.m. public reception Saturday, June 20.

DAMARISCOTTA : Liz Petruska of Waldoboro is among the cast members of "Independence," which will open River Company's 12th season 8 p.m. Friday, June 19, in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Public Library, Elm Street entrance.

I talk a lot about race. It's not the only thing I talk about in relation to diversity, but as a black woman in Maine, it's easy to get into a rut on that topic at times.

On Wednesday April 22, over 3,000 people packed in to the Augusta Civic Center for a public hearing on two new bills on gay marriage in Maine.

A legislative hearing to extend gay marriage to another New England state _ Maine _ created traffic jams Wednesday as thousands of residents converged on a civic arena to air their views.

Same-sex marriage spotlight on Maine Crowd anticipated for Augusta hearing AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine will be front and center next week in the nation's deliberations over same-sex marriage.

AUGUSTA : The Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary has scheduled a hearing to address the two same-sex marriage bills currently before the Legislature.

CAPITAL AREA : WINTHROP CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH A fish chowder luncheon will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 10, at the church on Bowdoin Street.

AUGUSTA : What factors keep people from changing jobs or starting businesses in Maine? Far too many, but health insurance benefits are going to be near the top of that list.

Its sponsor, Rep. Leslie Fossel, R-Alna, said Thursday that his measure would avoid a "culture war" over gay marriage but extend the same rights and responsibilities that married couples have to people enrolled in the state's domestic partner registry.

Supporters of traditional marriage will gather from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Augusta Civic Center to voice their opposition to a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in Maine.

An Alna Republican wants to find common ground in the debate about gay marriage by extending more rights to gay and lesbian couples without calling it "marriage." Rep.

In homes, and offices, schools and barbershops and book stores all over Maine, people stopped to watch and listen to the inauguration.

A Republican political action committee said it is organizing a grassroots effort to defeat a gay marriage bill that has just been introduced.

Concerts are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at St. Petera TMs Episcopal Church, 11 White St., Rockland; 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.

NEWCASTLE : The other day while I was working on a meditation stool my faithful SEARS Craftsman 10-inch table saw mysteriously silenced.

THOMASTON : The Thomaston Historical Society recently received a $10,206 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to help fund needed repairs and restorations to the historic Knox Farmhouse, the ...

Police report one person died Saturday night in a car accident on Route 218 in Alna.