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  • Published
    February 6, 2012

    School Notes

    Fourth- and fifth-graders at the Buxton Center Elementary School recently participated in a geography bee. Students who qualified for the final round were: fourth grade — Michelina Ruggieri, Lamaara Forrest, Lauren Jordan, and Logan Hiltz; fifth grade — Lucy Weyand, Regan McCleary, Rylan Neal, Brendan Sanphy, Wyatt Blanchette. Rylan Neal took top honors and was […]

  • Published
    January 30, 2012

    Blood Drives

    The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 1 to 6 p.m., Saint Matthew’s Church, Limerick Tuesday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., YCCC, Wells 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Hyde School, Bath 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. Joseph’s College, Standish Wednesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Olympia Sports, Bradley […]

  • Published
    January 30, 2012

    Potluck

    Thursday Ladies Community Breakfast, 7 to 9:30 a.m. at Moosely Bagels, Main Street, Rangeley. Community Meal, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Per person: $4. Friday Friday lunch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Haddock chowder: $8; lobster roll: $7.50; egg salad: $4.50; other items available; […]

  • Published
    January 30, 2012

    Births

    Central Maine Medical Center Ezra Gardner Caron, born Jan. 9 to Matthew and Sarah Caron, Lisbon. Grandparents: Anna and Thomas Smith, Minot; Dan and Dorene Caron, Gorham. Great-grandparents: Chris and Dave Smith, Mechanic Falls; Charlie and Brenda Swett, Poland. Maine Medical Center Graeme Ross Mosley, born Nov. 3 to Patrick Mosley and Natalie Grammer, South […]

  • Published
    January 30, 2012

    College Notes

    Graduations University of Vermont, Burlington: Dana Smith, Kittery Point; Kari Buckley, York; Emily Estes, Brunswick; Matthew Goode, Scarborough; Kristina Zontini, South Portland; Laura Gardner, Auburn. Advanced Degrees University of Vermont, Burlington: Lauren Goddard, Freeport, Masters in Education, Curriculum and Instruction. Dean’s List American International College, Springfield, Mass.: Caleb Ferris, Norway; Erin St. Pierre, South Berwick. […]

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  • Published
    January 30, 2012

    Events

    SCARBOROUGH Historical society sets meeting The Scarborough Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at 647 Route 1. Bud Warren, co-founder of the Tide Mill Institute, will give a presentation about tidal mills that existed along Maine’s Coast. The monthly presentations are free and open to the public. For more information, […]

  • Published
    January 30, 2012

    Military Notes

    Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon has relieved Rear Adm. Samuel Perez as commander of Carrier Strike Group 1 (CSG-1). A change of command ceremony was held in November on board USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at San Diego. Shannon graduated from Lawrence High School in Fairfield in 1978 and from Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, in […]

  • Published
    January 30, 2012

    Don Perkins: Chocolate, a taste-and-tell history

    At 2 p.m. Sunday, you can get a chocolate fix in a heated circa-1830 carriage barn and learn a little something at Freeport Historical Society’s “Greetings from the Heart,” a historic romp through chocolate in American cookery. “It’s our valentine to the community,” says society director Christina White. “We want to make it rich and […]

  • Published
    January 30, 2012

    Briefs

    WELLS McMahon wins geography bee Brian McMahon, a seventh-grader at Wells Junior High School, emerged the winner of the school’s annual geography bee. The 40-minute bee held earlier this month was attended by the entire student body, staff and parents. Tamar Cimenian, an eighth-grader and last year’s winner, finished second. Another eighth-grader, Olivia Holdsworth, came […]

  • Published
    January 23, 2012

    Honor Roll: North Yarmouth Academy

    First Trimester Honor Roll Grade 12 – Highest Honors: Charles Gerrity, Forrest Milburn and Brian Trelegan, all of Cumberland; Hadley Gibson, Freeport; Rudolph Guliani and Sarah Jordan; both of West Bath; Hannah Harmatz and Ethan Liu, both of Cumberland Foreside; Jessica Powers, Falmouth; Benjamin Randall, Lisbon Falls; High Honors: Katheryn Cawley, Robert Field, Anthony Hardy, […]