SP coaching vacancies South Portland High School is seeking a junior varsity girls’ soccer coach. Mahoney Middle School needs an assistant indoor track coach. FMI, 767-7705. Barrett earns national honor Cape Elizabeth senior girls’ soccer standout Karyn Barrett (the school’s two-time reigning Fall Female Athlete of the Year) was recently named to the NSCAA Scholar […]
2011
Mid-Coast Meetings: Jan. 7 – 13
Brunswick Mon. 1/10 4:30 p.m. Teen Center Advisory 35 Union St. Mon. 1/10 5:30 p.m. Brunswick/Topsham Water Board 266 River Road, Topsham Mon. 1/10 7 p.m. Brunswick Sewer District 10 Pine Tree Road Mon. 1/10 7 p.m. Town Council Workshop Maine Street Station Tue. 1/11 7 p.m. Planning Board MSS Wed. 1/12 12 p.m. Brunswick […]
Southern Meetings: Jan. 7 – 13
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 1/10 7:30 p.m. Town Council TH Tue. 1/11 7 p.m. Conservation Commission TH Tue. 1/11 7 p.m. School Board TH Tue. 1/11 8 p.m. Open Space and Greenbelt Management Plan Committee TH South Portland Sat. 1/8 10 a.m. Library Advisory Board 482 Broadway Thu. 1/13 5 p.m. Harbor Commission Portland CH Scarborough […]
David E. Blanchard, 66: Passion for aviation, autos
SCARBOROUGH — David Ernest Blanchard, 66, died unexpectedly Jan. 1. Born Dec. 2, 1944, in Salem, Mass., he was the son of Donald N. and Charlotte (Smith) Blanchard, and grew up in Winthrop and Lewiston. After he graduated in 1963 from St. Dominic High School in Lewiston, he attended Maine Central Institute, studied engineering at […]
Alexander C. Labbe, 13: His strong spirit, smile inspired others
BRUNSWICK — Alexander C. “Alex” Labbe, 13, died Dec. 30, 2010 at Maine Medical Center in Portland from complications of a heart condition. Born in Portland on June 30, 1997, he was a son of Peter L. and Judy R. (Labbe) Labbe. He had attended Longfellow Elementary School in Portland and was currently in seventh […]
Gertrude Bedard Bergeron, 89
BRUNSWICK — Gertrude Bedard Bergeron, 89, died Jan. 2 at Parkview Adventist Medical Center. Born in Lewiston, July 31, 1921, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Plante Bedard, she attended Lewiston schools and graduated in 1940 from Lewiston High School. On Nov. 26, 1949, she married Gerard Bergeron. For 14 years she lived at Pejepscot […]
Maine passenger rail advocates hope GOP keeps subsidies coming
BRUNSWICK — Nationally, the debate over subsidizing passenger rail has largely been a partisan issue; Democrats have supported it, Republicans haven’t. For the most part, that division hasn’t been evident in Maine. With a new Republican governor and GOP-controlled state Legislature, supporters of the Amtrak Downeaster and passenger rail advocates are hoping for the status […]
Mary Chevalier, 85
TOPSHAM — Mary Chevalier, 85, formerly of Cliffwood, N.J., died while sleeping on Dec. 27, 2010 at Amenity Manor in Topsham. She was born in 1925, a daughter of Margaret Shields and Alfred Shields of Newark, N.J. Her husband Henry J. Chevalier predeceased her in 1998. She is survived by her loving daughter, Renee Chevalier, […]
Southern School Notebook: Jan. 7
Memorial Middle SchoolFirst Quarter Honor Roll, 2010-2011 High Honors Grade 6: Stephanie Aceto, Jacob Angell, Jessica Angelova, Alicia Currie, Owen Doane, Benjamin Donnangelo, Thaovy Duong, Cheyenne Esposito, Matthew Foshay, Ashley Gassett, Lydia Henderson, Joshua Hess, Ella Jocher, Hunter Johnson, Emma Kane, Sydney Kane, Calvin Laber-Smith, Taylor Landon, Paige Lemelin, Kiera MacWhinnie, Serena Mckenzie, Bradley Mileson, […]
South Portland police make arrest in 2009 robbery
SOUTH PORTLAND — Police said they have made an arrest in what was the only unsolved bank robbery in the city in recent years. Sgt. Steven Webster said police arrested Michael LaFollette, 29, of Portland, in connection with the Nov. 9, 2009, bank robbery. Police said LaFollette allegedly entered Gorham Savings bank on Gorham Road […]