The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 12:30 to 6 p.m., North Parish Church, Sanford 1 to 6 p.m., St. Matthew’s Church, Limerick Tuesday Noon to 6 p.m., University of New England, Portland 1 to 6 p.m., Oceanview, Falmouth 1 to 6:45 p.m., University of New England, Biddeford Wednesday […]
2012
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Births
H.D. Goodall Hospital Elyse Ann White, born Feb. 29 to Andrew and Elizabeth (Bruns) White, Acton. Grandparents: Frederick and Sylvia White, Laurie Bastarache. Mason James Johnson, born March 1 to Joshua Johnson and Kylie Riddell, Sanford. Grandparents: Patricia Brown, David Brown, Renee Forgitano, Dominic Forgitano Emmie Elizabeth Daigle, born March 2 to Dan and Dayna […]
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Events
PORTLAND Children’s film festival The East End Community School is sponsoring the inaugural Portland Children’s Film Festival Thursday through Sunday at five locations throughout the city. The full schedule for the festival, including workshops about film making, can be found at www.portlandchildrensfilmfestival.com. Proceeds will go to East End Community School’s enrichment fund. PATHS fashion show […]
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Briefs
CAPE ELIZABETH Visit Cape Cod, Nantucket Cape Elizabeth Community Services is offering a trip for anyone who would like to visit Cape Cod and Nantucket. The trip will take place May 1 through 3. The group tour will include lodging in Hyannis, a guided sightseeing visit to Nantucket, a whale watch out of Provincetown or […]
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Handle with care: Many people ignore guidelines
Industry rules can only go so far, food safety experts say, and can’t protect consumers from themselves.
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Close to home: Neighborhood butcher has new appeal
Buying meat and produce locally doesn’t guarantee they’re any safer, but there’s comfort in knowing the food source is near at hand.
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SLIDE SHOW: Cook safely, eat safely
EGGS • Treat eggs like raw chicken. They could have salmonella on the surface and on the inside. Crack the egg, cook it, and then wash your hands, the counter and whatever else the egg has touched. Even if you didn’t get any egg on your hands or the counter, it’s still important to […]
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Public health ‘detectives’ tracked clues to illness’ cause
Discovering salmonella was just the beginning. Investigators found victims, patterns, genetic fingerprints – and a complex mystery.
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On Baseball: Forget the numbers, Bard showed he’s a starter
Daniel Bard’s numbers were not great Sunday — six innings, six hits, five runs, three walks, five strikeouts. But even manager Bobby Valentine shrugged off any concern.
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Red Sox Notebook: Aviles: no plans to come up short
DUNEDIN, Fla. – There were no highlights causing oohs and aahs from the shortstop Sunday afternoon. All Mike Aviles did was field his position solidly, while going 3 for 4 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI. Aviles is batting .333, having played 14 games this spring for the Boston Red Sox. His competition […]