LISBON — A newly formed knitting group called Eager Beaver Knitters meets from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Beaver Park Lone Pine Lodge. Knitters of all experience levels are welcome. For more information, contact Verla Brooks at 353-9075 or [email protected].
2012
Patten Free to host résumé class
BATH — Registration opens Monday for a résumébuilding workshop to be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 19 at the Patten Free Library. Enrollment is limited to 10 participants. Basic computer skills are a pre-requisite for registration. “This is a great opportunity for job seekers to learn how to access and use several […]
Essay deadline is April 16 for Audubon camp scholarship
FALMOUTH — Merrymeeting Audubon Society, a chapter of Maine Audubon, plans to offer scholarships to two Maine environmental education camps for summer 2012. Both are residential. Full to half scholarships are available. Scholarships are limited to students in the Merrymeeting Audubon area, which includes towns from Freeport to Boothbay Harbor and Pownal to Bowdoinham. Students […]
Morris Farm signing up April vacation campers
WISCASSET — Morris Farm will host April vacation camp the week of April 16. “Campers will celebrate spring on the farm with educator and farm-to-school coordinator Abby Plummer and Morris Farm 4-H Club Cloverbuds leader Kim Andersson,” a Morris Farm Trust release states. “Days are broken up into farm chores like collecting eggs and feeding […]
Student Notes
Michael Dean Krestos, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, has been named to the fall 2011 semester dean’s list at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y. Krestos, a resident of Brunswick, is the son of Dean M. and Estelle M. Krestos. He is a graduate of Brunswick High School. Alesa Mary Youdsnukis, a freshman […]
Romney focuses on Obama
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests. The likely GOP nominee was set today to take the same Washington stage that the president had used a day earlier to criticize Romney in a speech to newspaper editors in […]
Twisters slam into Dallas, Ft. Worth
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The tornado hurtled toward the nursing home. Physical therapist Patti Gilroy said she saw the swirling mass barreling down through the back door, after she herded patients into the hallway in the order trained: walkers, wheelchairs, then beds. “It wasn’t like a freight train like everybody says it is,” said Gilroy, […]
Two people sentenced in overdose death
CARIBOU (AP) — Two people have been sentenced for their roles in the drug overdose death of a Caribou woman. Prosecutors say Steven Doughty and Ashley Martin provided the prescription drugs that resulted in the February 2009 death of 29-yearold Tena McGraw. Prosecutors say the 50-yearold Doughty gave a legally prescribed Fentanyl patch to Martin, […]
OOB police probe juvenile fights
OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — Police in Old Orchard Beach say they are investigating adult- arranged fights between juveniles at a town park. Police say they know of four fights between juveniles that took place last month at Memorial Park. One involved two high school-age girls wearing boxing gloves. It was watched by about 40 […]
Fort Kent priest under investigation
FORT KENT ( AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland says a priest who serves a Fort Kent parish has taken a leave of absence pending the results of an investigation launched by the Maine attorney general’s office. Neither the diocese nor the attorney general would say why the Rev. James Nadeau is under […]