Wednesday Community lunch, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with a “stuff” swap of smaller items. Community Hall, Route 121, Otisfield. Free meal, 5 to 6 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., Westbrook. Offered in collaboration with Wayside Food Program. Steak tips, red potatoes, dessert, 5 to 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 832, 50 Peary Terrace, […]

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. Southern Maine Health Care Avin Joshua Vestal, born April 22 to Robert Jr. and Kristina (Fairbanks) Vestal, Shapleigh. Grandparents: Douglas Fairbanks, Berlin, N.H.; Melissa Vaccaro, Raymond, N.H.; Cheryl […]

Graduations University of Maine at Farmington Acton: Seth Noonkester,; Alfred: Ralph Plumpton; Andover: Janelle Thuotte; Arundel: James Maloney-Hawkins; Auburn: Sean Berce, Nicholas Bourget, Jonathan Delorme, Emily Johnson, Emily Marron, Sara Mea; Bath: Tyler Rose; Belfast: Alexander Randall; Berwick: Jessica Cox; Biddeford: Maegan Carter, Shaun Clancy, Rachel Hubbell; Boothbay: Katrina Smith; Bowdoin: Rachel Glynn; Bridgton: Thomas […]

Craig D. Colby of Freeport, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968, and who died in March 2014, will be inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s In Memory Honor Roll for 2015. The honor roll recognizes those who died as a result of the war in Vietnam, but whose deaths […]

The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Monday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sappi Fine Paper, 179 John Roberts Road, South Portland 1 to 6 p.m., St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 178 Elm St., Route 1, Biddeford Tuesday Noon to 6 p.m., St. Mary’s Church, 236 Eldredge Road, Wells Noon to […]

HIGH SCHOOLS Deering High School, Classes of 1954 and 1955, 11 a.m. June 24, annual luncheon at Keeley’s Banquet Center, Warren Avenue, Portland. Contact Cynthia Snow Simpson, or Claudia Plummer Walton at 854-0042 or 797-4408 or email [email protected] or [email protected] Edward Little High School, Class of 1948, June 24, annual luncheon at Martindale Country Club, […]