2011
Meal program keeps children fed through summer
Thanks to a federal program, the Biddeford School Department will offer free breakfast and lunch this summer to any child age 18 and under. The Summer Food Service Program is administered by the Maine Department of Education and paid for by the U.S. Department of Agriculture ”“ with no local cost. It is a new […]
Thornton loses to Scarborough in regional final
Cory Dion (4) of Thornton Academy fights off the check of a Scarborough defender during the second quarter of the Western Maine Class A title game staged Wednesday at Kippy Mitchell Athletic Complex. The Golden Trojans were attempting to earn the school’s first ever berth in the boys lacrosse state championship game, but fell instead, […]
Yarmouth finally vanquishes NYA in regional final
YARMOUTH—As surely as the month of June brings us Father’s Day and the Summer Solstice, it also year after year after year treats girls’ lacrosse fans in the state of Maine to a regional final showdown between the two talented rivals that inhabit the town of Yarmouth. Wednesday afternoon, for the eighth year in a […]
Supporters hope farmers' market revitalizes South Portland neighborhood
SOUTH PORTLAND — After languishing in logistic limbo for more than five years, a South Portland farmers’ market is closer to reality than ever. City councilors recently approved changes to zoning and licensing rules to establish a market at Thomas Knight Park. They also struck down rules established in 2004 – when Mayor Rosemarie De […]
Northern Meetings: June 16 – 22
Falmouth Mon. 6/20 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tue. 6/21 7 p.m. School Board TH Cumberland Mon. 6/20 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tue. 6/21 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Freeport Tue. 6/21 7:30 a.m. Traffic and Parking TH Tue. 6/21 7 p.m. Conservation Commission FCC Tue. 6/21 6 p.m. Town Council Workshop TH Tue. […]
Final bus ride for Falmouth's Class of 2011
Falmouth seniors arrive at Merrill Auditorium in Portland on Sunday morning for commencement and hurry to get inside because of the rain and wind outside.Stephanie Gramse, right, helps Serina Greenlaw with her cap before the Falmouth High School graduation ceremonies on Sunday in Portland. Class Marshall Dillon Dresser leads the Falmouth High School Class of […]
Packed house for Greely grads
The Greely High School gymnasium in Cumberland was packed with family and friends of the Class of 2011 at commencement on Sunday, June 12. Leah Twomey reads her essay, “Something to Love,” during the Greely High School commencement on Sunday.Members of Greely High School’s Class of 2011 rise to receive their diplomas during commencement on […]
Facilities manager, director of instructional support leaving Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH — Two employees who have played important roles for the town are leaving at the end of the month. Ernest MacVane, the facilities manager, will retire after 26 years and Dominic DePatsy, director of instructional support in the School Department, will take a job in Regional School Unit 5. MacVane, a South Portland resident, […]
Isabel Firuski Thacher, 91
BRUNSWICK — Isabel “Betty” Firuski Thacher, 91, died May 27 at Thornton Oaks. The daughter of Maurice and Isabel Jennings Firuski, she was born on Dec. 4, 1919, in Cambridge, Mass. She attended The Buckingham School in Cambridge, spent a memorable year at La Villa Yema in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and graduated from the May School […]