Alna News

Mid-Coast Audubon Society will conduct three separate bird counts this year as part of the 110th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count to locate bird species and count their numbers for a national database.

Elaine Pew recently returned from Yemen where she volunteered as a nurse and an educator.

Voters decided against repealing Maine's school-district consolidation law at the polls last week.

The fire was reported on Dickinson Road a little after six o'clock Wednesday night.

John E. Baldacci signed Maine's same-sex marriage bill into law last spring, opponents made it clear that the debate over gay marriage in Maine was far from over.

WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. : Cole Christine of Alna, a recent student at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, has received notice from the executive director of the Williamstown Film Festival that his film, "Brian's Life," has won the Student Shorts Contest.

Quilt winner Stanley Pratt with his wife, Jean, their dog, Mingo, and SVCA member Maureen Hoffman.

AUGUSTA : A picture of legislator performance in black and white tells a graphic story .

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.