Luna Soley

Times Record

Luna Soley is a Peaks Islander who now lives in Portland. She is a graduate of Bowdoin College and has written for Outside and Backpacker magazines. Luna covers Freeport, Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Phippsburg and the arts for the Times Record.

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Published
November 13, 2023

Sea Bags stocks ‘Love Lewiston’ line to raise funds for shooting victims

The Portland-based company is giving 30% of the proceeds from this special collection to the Lewiston-Auburn Victims & Families Fund.
Published
November 9, 2023

Brunswick, Topsham to honor Veterans Day with speakers, walk and live music

The Topsham American Legion is hosting its second annual veterans suicide prevention walk in Brunswick on Saturday at the Veterans Plaza on Maine Street. Registration will start at 8 a.m., up until the event starts at 11 a.m. Those who chose to walk the 2 miles down Maine Street in Brunswick and across the Frank […]
Published
November 9, 2023

Residents rally in hopes of preserving Bath golf course

Management of The Bath Golf Club tried to amend land use ordinances to allow for cluster housing and multifamily units on the 120-acre course. Bath residents aren’t going to let that slide.
Published
November 8, 2023

Freeport elects three new town councilors, two locals to school board

Joanna Benoit, Eric Smith and Matthew Pillsbury were elected to the Town Council last night, and Cheyenne Farrell and Carolyn Jensen were nominated unopposed to the school board.
Published
November 7, 2023

Snapshots from the polls

Brunswick and Bath polls see high voter turnout before 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Published
November 6, 2023

Some Phippsburg residents push back against proposed solar farm

Giri Hotels, the management company that acquired the Haraseeket Inn in Freeport this summer, says the proposed 5.4-acre array will necessitate a nearly 10-acre clear cut.
Published
November 6, 2023

Audience laughs way through ‘The Realistic Joneses,’ a four-person show in Brunswick

When John and Pony Jones move in down the road from Bob and Jennifer Jones, it turns out they have more in common than their names.
Published
November 5, 2023

Harpswell, businessman to apply to take over stewardship of historic lighthouse

Harpswell Select Board members voted unanimously Wednesday evening to partner with the Presumpscot Foundation, a nonprofit founded by lighthouse owner Ford Reiche, to apply for ownership of Little Mark Island and stewardship of the monument that pins it to the waters of Harpswell Sound.
Published
November 2, 2023

John Stamos highlights his new memoir for Topsham library crowd

The former “Full House” star discussed The Beach Boys, overdue library books and the “two or three thousand” kids who came down his street this Halloween during a webinar.
Published
November 1, 2023

Officials say Freeport brook dam removals will improve local trout run

Sea-run brook trout, otherwise known as “salters,” are running free for the first time in over a century, thanks to a joint effort by the Freeport Conservation Trust and Maine Water.