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School notes

National Honor Society Bonny Eagle High School, Buxton: eight seniors, 20 juniors, and four sophomores were recently inducted into the National Honor Society. New members and their town of residence are: Buxton: Spencer Hugo-Vidal, Seamus Meyer, Tyler Nelson, Garrett Swett, Emily Boyd, Leah Carter, Erin Judge, Cassidy Merrill, Abby Ward, Audrey Weyand, Kirsten Thomas. Hollis: […]

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Military notes

Army Sgt. Joshua B. McLaughlin has returned to the United States after being deployed overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. McLaughlin is an infantryman and team leader assigned to the Fourth Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. He is the son of Janet Annis of Otisfield and David […]

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Photo: Math Wizards

Photo courtesy of Donna Gillette Mildred L. Day Memorial School Math Team members, from left, Marcel Dubois, Givon McLean, Cole Paulin, Dylan Nguyen, Shelby Heiman and Maris Podgurski pose with their winning ribbons after placing third in the Southern Maine Elementary School Math League Meet, held recently in Portland. The fourth- and fifth- grade Arundel […]

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College notes

Graduations Rochester, N.Y., Institute of Technology: Meghan Castagno, Sabattus; Cy Dickey, Scarborough. Advanced Degrees Rochester, N.Y., Institute of Technology: Alexander Karantza, Windham, Master of Science in computer engineering. Dean’s List Biola University, La Mirada, Calif.: Matthew Little, Cape Elizabeth. Awards University of Maine at Farmington: Chelsea Bartlett, South Portland and Adam Black and Catherine Farsaci, […]

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Briefs

SCARBOROUGH A voice for victims of Sandy A Scarborough youth is being praised for her giving spirit. Elizabeth Albahary, a Scarborough grade school student, recently donated a $50 cash prize she won in a singing contest to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Elizabeth was moved to help the hurricane relief effort after watching the nationally […]

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Blood Drives

The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Monday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Masonic Hall, Bridgton 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Gorham Fire Department, Gorham 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lowe’s, Brunswick Wednesday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aubuchon Hardware, Raymond 1 to 6 p.m., North Windham Union Church, Windham […]

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Births

Several area hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available here. For more information, please call 791-6300. At home Lucien Michael Barnard, born Dec. 1 to Jeremy and Maggie Barnard, Lewiston. Mid Coast Hospital Jackson James Callahan, born Dec. 4 to Peter and […]

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Events

LINCOLN COUNTY Stay active this winter Healthy Lincoln County, Let’s Go! Lincoln County and Lincoln County Healthcare will sponsor the 10th Annual Physical Challenge in 2013. The seven-week winter event challenges participants to be physically active at least 30 minutes, four times a week. The challenge runs from Jan. 14 to March 1. Participants can […]

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Letters to the Editor: Many fishermen support closed areas

I want to thank the Portland Press Herald for running the story “Feds urged to open five zones now closed to groundfishing” (Dec. 16). The groundfish industry is indeed facing unprecedented adversity, but I want to clarify that not all fishermen believe closed areas are a failed experiment. The New England groundfish fishery has been […]