Starting Wednesday, July 10, at 9 a.m., People Plus and volunteer instructor Joan Bussiere will offer beginning Mah-Jong classes for those wanting to learn the basics. Mahjong is a game that originated in China, commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in Korea and Japan). Similar to the Western card game rummy, […]
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Staff doing a little spring cleaning at Teen Center
School is out se we have spruced up the Teen Center space in preparation for our summer program which runs Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1:30-4:30 p.m. beginning on June 25. The center will be staffed by interim coordinators Jordan Cardone and Conan McNamara, along with assistant Dan Stadden and Kendra Sprague, an Upward Bound […]
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Effective communication travels both ways
As a volunteer organization, Merrymeeting Bay TRIAD continues to seek ways to communicate with seniors in the community regarding matters that affect their safety and well-being. One important aspect of this communication is that it be a two-way street — both incoming and outgoing. First, a huge thank you to People Plus for providing this […]
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Donald ‘Wayne’ Breeding
WARREN — Donald “Wayne” Breeding, 65, of Warren, died Friday, June 21, 2013, at the Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport after a brief illness.He was born on Sept. 3, 1947, in Portland, the son of James R. and Marie C. (Pottle) Breeding. He was a longtime resident of Bath. In his younger days, he […]
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Father charged as son wanders streets
BRUNSWICK The father of a toddler found wandering near a local homeless shelter Saturday morning was charged with child endangerment. Police received a report of a young child walking around unattended outside the Tedford Housing Family Shelter on Federal Street at 4:50 a.m. Saturday, Brunswick Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan said. The woman who found the […]
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Thief steals lollipops in Bowdoin
BOWDOIN The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the intruder who apparently removed screens, entered the Rocky Ridge Orchard store and took tips and 20 lollipops. Lt. Calvin Temple said the owner of Rocky Ridge Orchard, located off U.S. Route 201, left the store around 8 p.m. Thursday. Employees discovered money was missing from the […]
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Not safe at home
BRUNSWICK Brunswick police arrested a Topsham man at his home Saturday morning after an alleged assault reported on Mill Street that sent a man to a local hospital. Police were called to 7 Mill St. at 10:22 a.m. where a man allegedly entered an apartment with a baseball bat and struck a 29-year-old male several […]
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Bats come alive for Fayette-Staples in sweep
SACO — What Fayette-Staples’ weakness was supposed to be this summer was its hitting, according to head coach Ray Petit. That weakness turned out to be its strength on Saturday, as Fayette-Staples scored 20 runs on 22 hits in a doubleheader sweep against Bonanza in an American Legion baseball game at Thornton Academy. “Thursday’s game […]
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New Home Technologies Can Save Your Family Time and Money
(StatePoint) New technologies are now enabling homeowners to automate lights, entertainment and security systems, thermostats, door locks and more. And experts say that coordinating these control systems can save you time and money, and increase the value of your home. Gone are the days when home automation was a futuristic concept from science fiction or […]
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Cómo buscar “dinero gratis” para sus estudios universitarios: La “caza de becas”
(BPT) – Si bien los estudios universitarios pueden ser una de las mejores experiencias de su vida, también puede ser la más costosa. Según un informe dado a conocer por la organización College Board en el 2012, el gasto promedio por año para cursar una carrera de cuatro años en una universidad patrocinada por el […]