Maine News Thursday August 13

News Center Maine -  The Holy Donut will close its Brunswick location later this month, ending the shop's two-year run in town. The business announced the closure in a social media post, saying its final day will be Aug. 23.

"We've made the difficult decision to close the shop," the company said. The Holy Donut thanked its Brunswick employees and customers for their support.

The Portland-based donut shop also has locations on Portland's Park Avenue and in Portland's Old Port, as well as a location in Scarborough.

The closure comes months after workers at The Holy Donut's Park Avenue location voted unanimously to unionize.  All eight employees at the Park Avenue shop signed onto the union effort and submitted a formal request for recognition to the company's owners. Workers had previously demonstrated outside the shop while pushing for collective representation.

Maine Morning Star -  People in Cumberland County have been detained outside court and at the airport in recent weeks, following a national trend of federal immigration authorities employing new tactics to boost arrest numbers.

Federal immigration agents arrested more people in July than in any previous month of President Donald Trump’s administration.

….However, less than a third of current detainees have a criminal conviction and 40% have never been accused of anything but non-criminal immigration violations, according to statistics reviewed by Maine Morning Star’s sister outlet Stateline through early July.

New Republic -  A new Fox News poll has Troy Jackson up two points on Susan Collins, 48–46. That’s five points better than Graham Platner was doing.

 UPCOMING

Wolfe’s Neck Center calendar

Meetinghouse Arts Events

Freeport Farmers Market - Saturdays now through October: Through October 8:30am – 12:30pm at the BTLT Saturday Farmers Market at Crystal Spring Farm. 277 Pleasant Hill Road, Brunswick. The Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. Farmers Market was established in 1999 to advance the Land Trust’s mission of supporting local agriculture. With over forty vendors, many of whom have been with the Market since its inception, the Saturday morning market offers a variety of local, fresh produce 

AUG 13

317 Main, 317 Main St., Yarmouth: Boba Funk, 5
Shellfish Commission Meeting 30 Main Street, Freeport 6:30 pm
Winslow Park, 50 Winslow Park Way, Freeport: Carole Wise, Mark Abraham, Denny Breau, April Reed-Cox, 6-7:30, park has $3 entry fee
Bandstand By The Sea, 1410 Harpswell Neck Rd., Harpswell: Portland Jazz Orchestra, 6-7:30

AUG 14
Free Coffee Friday In-Person. Curtis Memorial Library Library Lobby (below the mezzanine) Brunswick. 9:00 am

AUG 15
Cook’s Lobster & Ale House, 68 Garrison Cove Rd., Bailey Island: Travis James Humprey, 5-8
Outdoor Painting with Eric Jacobsen – One or Two Day Workshop → Artascope, 138 Bayview St, Yarmouth 9:00 am

AUG 16

Music in the Parks (Freeport) → Memorial Park, 19 Bow St, Freeport  2:00 pm

AUG 18

Town Council Meeting → 30 Main Street, 6:00 pm

AUG 18-19

AUG 20
Aaron David Miller, Ret. Ambassador Jon Allen and very recently retired NPR International Affairs Correspondent Jackie Northam discuss "Promise and Peril: The US and the Middle East." Panelists have focused on Middle East conflicts for decades and remain at the forefront of understanding of regional events.  Thursday, August 20  •  7 PM - 8:30 PM Freeport Performing Arts Center  

AUG 21


SEP 7 
Join Freeport Speech for a special evening featuring Emmy-winning comedy writer Lew Schneider (Everybody Loves Raymond, The Goldbergs) in conversation with local educator and producer Brett Pierce as they discuss how Lew learned to make people laugh and evolved to keep people laughing over a 40-year career. Where: Kresge Auditorium, Bowdoin College, 239 Maine St, Brunswick, ME Cost: $20 general, $10 students (proceeds benefit Meetinghouse Arts) Get your Tickets now. For more information, visit FreeportSpeech.org

NOV 7
Twin Keys: A Love Story: Thomas Wolf with Jessica Chow Shinn and Michael Shinn, duo-pianists  2 PM  Crewe Center for the Arts.