The city just north of Boston supports an effort backed by Steve Wynn’s company.
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Vermont colleges take extra steps for veterans
A variety of programs help them transition to student life, given their special circumstances.
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Reunions
HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS Deering High School, Class of 1954, 11 a.m. June 26, annual luncheon at DiMillo’s, Commercial Street, Portland. Members of the Class of 1955 are also welcome. Contact Cynthia Snow Simpson, 90 Evergreen Drive, Gorham. [email protected] South Portland High School, Class of 1944, 11:30 a.m. July 6 at Weathervane Restaurant, South Portland. Contact […]
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Potluck
WEDNESDAY Free meal, 5 to 6 p.m., My Place Teen Center, formerly Mission Possible Teen Center, Foster Street entrance, Westbrook. Offered in collaboration by Wayside Food Program, Trinity Lutheran Church and the Center. BLT on sub roll, waffle fries, dessert, 5 to 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. Per person: $7. […]
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Military notes
Maine Army National Guard announces the May promotion to the rank specified below for the following soldiers: Sgt. Joseph Bruns, Mexico, Company C, 1/126th Aviation Regiment; Staff Sgt. Phillip Dow Jr., Brownville, 152d Maintenance Company; Staff Sgt. Jamie Grant, Buxton, Forward Support Company, 133rd Engineer Battalion; Pfc. Jasmine Hensley, Biddeford, 152d Maintenance Company; Sgt. Christopher […]
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Library garden event finally set to blossom
Gardening enthusiasts are invited to tour 11 private gardens in Raymond on Saturday and to talk with garden designers about their creative processes in cultivating those spaces. It’s all part of the premiere Raymond Garden Tour, a self-guided outing being held to raise money benefiting the Raymond Village Library’s general operating fund. Elissa Gifford, a […]
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Events
KENNEBUNK Origami workshop for kids will have patriotic theme Kennebunk Free Library invites children, ages 8 to 12, to a pre-holiday origami workshop, entiled “O’er the Ramparts,” at 2 p.m. Thursday at 112 Main St. Youth will prepare for Independence Day by learning to make star origami. The small stars, approximately one half-inch in diameter, […]
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Briefs
CUMBERLAND COUNTY Westbrook, Standish pupils win ‘Happiness’ contest Garelick Farms has selected Westbrook Middle School sixth-grader Kaitryn Pitt and fourth-grader Colby Frost of George E. Jack School in Standish as Cumberland County winners of its “Pure Happiness” Design Contest. Kaitryn and Colby will each receive a $500 savings bond and $500 for the art department […]
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Births
Several area hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available here. For more information, please call 791-6300. Bridgton Hospital Jacob Joseph Maguire, born June 10 to Christopher and Angela (Andrews) Maguire, Bridgton. Grandparents: Roland Andrews and Carolyn McCarthy, Bridgton; Jon and Alicia Maguire, […]
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Letters to the editor: ‘Far right’ not always best place for bikes
Regarding Jim Brown’s viewpoint on June 17, “Another View: Rules of the road should apply to cyclists as well as drivers”: As a 10-year-plus transportational cyclist, I agree completely. Well, almost. Most people are unaware that there is much more to the “far right as practicable” law than just that phrase. There are many situations […]