Several area hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available at https://www.pressherald.com/readerservices/Birth_Announcement.html For more information, please call 791-6300. Bridgton Hospital Lillianna May Davenport, born Sept. 4 to Joshua and Jessica (Smith) Davenport, Casco. Grandparents: Eric Smith, Virginia Beach, Va.; Alicia Bonlett, Windham; Debbie […]
September 2013
Potluck
Wednesday Ladies/Community breakfast, 7 to 9 a.m., St. Luke’s Catholic Church, Lake Street, Rangeley. Free meal, 5 to 6 p.m., My Place Teen Center, Foster Street entrance, Westbrook. Baked stuffed haddock, dessert, 5 to 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. Per person: $7. Thursday Community Meal with chicken pie, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational […]
Reunions
HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS Westbrook High School, Class of 1952, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 26 at Fireside Inn, exit 48 of the Maine Turnpike. For details and reservations call Dick Clark at 892-9661 or Jean Thomas at 797-7873. Portland High School, Class of 1947 and Class of 1948, Sept. 27, social hour at noon […]
Maine Voices: Riches of city’s harbor available to anyone who appreciates them
The life of a poet may not enable buying luxury watercraft, but it allows for waterfront reflection.
Letters to the Editor: Congress Square deal favors developer
The sale of part of Congress Square Park to the new owners of the Eastland Hotel may go down in Portland’s history as one of the great mistakes, along with: 1) the demolition of Union Station; 2) the abandonment of Portland Public Market by the Libra Foundation, and 3) the failure to develop the State […]
Blood drives
The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Monday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stephens Memorial Hospital, 18 Main St., Norway Noon to 6 p.m., North Parish Church, 893 Main St., Sanford. Tuesday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Public Safety Building, Main Street, Westbrook 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., […]
Our View: Maine should have plan to prevent PUC conflicts
The situation with Nestle in Fryeburg shows that important business can be easily derailed.
Another View: Democrats blocked bill to help welfare recipients keep benefits
Republicans are working for reform, while Democrats are preserving the status quo.
George Will: Reservations about Syrian intervention not a resurgence of isolationism
Today’s justified skepticism can’t compared to the controversy over whether to enter World War II.
Off Campus: Dental college will help meet state’s need for more caregivers
Sixty-four University of New England students will become the first dentists to be educated in Maine.