KENNEBUNK

MIDDLE SCHOOL of the Kennebunks students placed first at the regional MathCounts competition at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Winners, including eighth-graders Jansen Manahan, David Behrens, Andrew Reilley and Ethan Eymontt and seventh-graders Will O’Neil and Gordon McCulloh, have qualified for the state competition March 26 at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield.

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Decorating Mittens to assist the Wells-Ogunquit Community Outreach Program were several Wells Elementary School students. People's United Bank coordinated the effort. From left are siblings Grace, Elizabeth and Hannah Bradish. Photo courtesy of Maryanne Foley

SANFORD

DEB GELLERSON has won the Sanford Institution for Savings Pet Photo Contest, which benefits animal welfare agencies. Gellerson’s image of her two Siamese cats intertwined in a chair placed first among 200 submissions. A $250 donation on Gellerson’s behalf was made to the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals.

BIDDEFORD

THE BIDDEFORD REGIONAL Center of Technology has honored Donald Shannon and Joe Boulier as students of the month. Shannon was nominated from the Business and Financial Management program, and Boulier was selected from the Building Trades program. Each received a monetary award from TD Bank. Other student nominees were Eric Hellstrom, Sophia Henri, Nicholas Lessard, Nina Nichols, Andrew Riguette and Jeffrey Snyder.

WATERBORO

MORE THAN 250 Girl Scouts from southern Maine joined Waterboro Girl Scout Troop 1444 for Mall Madness. The girls converged at the Maine Mall in South Portland for a scavenger hunt designed to teach them about consumerism, making smart financial decisions and marketing strategies. The Scouts bought 100 pair of socks, which they later gave to the York County Shelter. They also donated more than 300 coloring books and crayons they had collected for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital and 600 toothbrushes, toothpaste and other dental hygiene products for St. Stephen’s Food for Life. 

DAYTON

DAVID L. SCENNA of Saco was awarded the Robert Allen Jr. Memorial Good Sportsmanship Award by the Mousam Saddle and Harness Club on Jan. 22. He was one of the few therapeutic riding students of LaDawn Quarter Horses Therapeutic Riding Center who participated in the mainstream horse pleasure shows last year. The riding center in Dayton is a nonprofit organization that offers therapeutic horseback riding interactions to individuals with disabilities. Scenna, 13, was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, attention-deficit (hyperactivity) disorder and a sensory integration dysfunction and an anxiety disorder at an early age.

BELFAST

CORNERSPRING MONTESSORI School sixth-grader Emmett Shell won first place in the regional MathCounts competition held at Thomas College recently. Shell bested a field of 75 students. He now advances to the state competition March 26 in Fairfield.

OLD ORCHARD BEACH

THE OLD ORCHARD BEACH Historical Society is seeking volunteers to assist with workshops it offers at Harmon Museum, 4 Portland Ave. Individuals are needed to help with clipping, filing, archiving and data entry each Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more details, call 934-5330 or 934-9319.

SPRINGVALE

NASSON COMMUNITY Center has been awarded a $17,000 grant from the Quimby Family Foundation to equip the Little Theatre with a sound system. Sound designers from Clegg Sound Associates of Eliot will install the system: a 332-channel Soundcraft Spirit 8 buss with two power supply units and DAS Audio ST-15 loudspeakers. The audio upgrades are the latest in a string of renovations at the Nasson complex, including landscaping, entryways, insulation and clapboarding, stage lighting and revamping of administrative and outreach initiatives.

KITTERY

R.W. TRAIP ACADEMY’S FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Team No. 3597 has received sponsorship from JCPenney. The Robo-Rangers rookie team will spend six weeks building an original robot for the competition, set for April 7-9 at Boston University. Each of the competing teams receives a kit of components — but no instructions.

Working with professional engineering mentors, they must build a robot that can effectively meet a field of contest challenges. To learn more about FIRST, go to www.usfirst.org.

YORK

YORK PATROLMAN TYLER GAGNE was awarded the Meritorious Service Award for his response to a domestic situation in York last August involving an elderly man trapped in a home with his despondent and suicidal son.

Gagne, a three-year veteran of the department, whisked the 90-year-old father away from the home while coordinating efforts with the York County Tactical Team to attempt to bring about a peaceful resolution.

Though the son later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Gagne was credited with putting himself in harm’s way to bring the father to safety.

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