Tuesday Benefit Night, 5 to 9 p.m., a portion of each flatbread sold benefits Friends of Eastern Promenade, Flatbread Company, 72 Commercial St., Portland. Saturday Baked beans, American chop suey, mac and cheese, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, 52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland. Adults: $8; children under 12: $5. Takeout available.
2012
College Notes
Graduations Springfield, Mass., College: Daniel Hager and Jonathan Mitchell, both of Gorham; Caitlin Wright, Scarborough; Lacey Cartier, York; Haley Fenderson, Falmouth; Rachel Bernier, Topsham; Jake Brewer, Woolwich; Ryan Robb, Cumberland. Advanced Degrees Springfield, Mass., College: Adam Skibek, Scarborough, master of education in sport management and recreation; Tara Beaulieu, Portland, doctor of physical therapy in physical […]
Births
At Home Reid Albert Carden, born July 24 to Christopher Carden and Sunny Raleigh, Saco. Grandparents: Bob and Cindy Raleigh and Mary Raleigh, Rockford, Ill.; Jay and Scoti Carden, Houston; Cindy Carden, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Great-grandparents: Hazel Raleigh, Rockford, Ill.; Albert Bogen, Carlsbad, Calif. Central Maine Medical Center Eva Dae Michaels, born Dec. 10 […]
School Notes
Cape Elizabeth High School: For the second consecutive year, a team from Cape Elizabeth won the Maine State High School Mock Trial championship and will compete at the national championship in Albuquerque, N.M., in May. Team members are Max Aronson, Emily Muscat, Claire Muscat, Will McCarthy and Katherine Page, all seniors; Michaela Forde, Josie Barth, […]
Hunter accidentally shoots Massachusetts woman
An off-duty state trooper who was hunting in Massachusetts accidentally shot a 66-year-old woman who was out walking her two dogs.
For some in need, Facebook is route to new kidney
Facebook and other social media sites are quickly becoming a go-to place to find a generous person with a kidney to spare. Above, Damon Brown, who found a kidney donor on Facebook.
Victim identified in fatal crash near Old Town
A 63-year-old woman from Nova Scotia was the last person to die on Maine roads in 2011.
Powerball tickets doubling in price to $2
Powerball lottery organizers are betting that bigger jackpots will entice more people to play, but gamblers are going to have to dig deeper into their wallets to try their luck.
Patriots thrash Bills 49-21, clinch No. 1 seed
Falling behind means nothing to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. And because no deficit seems too big for them, the Patriots own home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.
Rising Santorum targeted by GOP rivals in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — Surging into top-tier contention, Republican Rick Santorum came under sharp criticism from rivals hoping to slow his momentum two days before Iowa’s kickoff caucuses. The former Pennsylvania senator defended his record in Washington and cast himself as the most electable conservative alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney. Polls showed Romney poised for […]