KENNEBUNK Crafting Friends Group starting up Is there a crafting or needlework project you intended to complete in 2015 but couldn’t seem to find the time for? It’s a whole new year and the Kennebunk Free Library has created a place for that to happen in 2016. A new Crafting Friends Group is poised to […]
2016
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Potluck
Wednesday Free meal, 5 to 6 p.m., provided by Trinity Lutheran Church and Wayside Food Programs and held at My Place Teen Center, 755 Main St., use the Foster Street entrance, Westbrook. Meatloaf, gravy, mashed potatoes, dessert, 5 to 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. Per person: $7. Thursday Meatloaf luncheon, […]
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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, call 791-6300. Southern Maine Health Care Greyson Roger Houle, born Dec. 17 to Travis Houle and Jade Ouellette, Springvale. Grandparents: Albert Ouellette and Tammy Andrews, Springvale; Richard Houle, Casco; […]
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Military Notes
Information Seminar for veterans and community members, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, with several representatives from various agencies including Maine’s Veterans Service Bureau, Veterans Administration Benefit Administration, Martin’s Point Health and Pine Street Legal veterans services. The event is open to all and is held at American Legion Post 36, Boothbay Industrial Park, Boothbay. Volunteers […]
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Blood Drives
January is National Blood Donor Month. All blood or platelets donors will receive a $5 Dunkin’ Donuts gift card this month. The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Monday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dunkin’ Donuts, 1358 Post Road, Wells Noon to 5 p.m., American Legion, 15 Lewiston Road, Gray […]
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Casco Bay High School Honor Roll
First Trimester Grade 9 High Honors: Sophia Nolan, Elinor Tierney-Fife, Tiana Urey; Honors: Mouna Abdelkader, Ruweyda Ahme, Justin Anderson, Aliocha Bobe, Gwenllian Carhart, Ava Clifford, Fiona Coleman, Grace Cowie, Mason Davis, Hayden Dearing, Grace Deng, Anne Dodson, Sascha Drice, Frances Eder, Eve Fischer, Evelyn Ford, Noah Gill, Ethan Haapala, Hasan Haidari, Eli Haskell, Francis Healy, […]
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Our View: Food we throw away could help solve hunger
Consumer education and retailer tax incentives are among the measures needed to cut down on waste and help those whose plates are empty.
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Letter to the editor: Pro-life should mean protecting those already born
The headline on Page A3 of the Dec. 28 Portland Press Herald shouts: “Abortion likely to be a 2016 election litmus test.” And within the article, the reporter notes that “nearly all of the Republican (presidential) candidates favor overturning the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.” Perhaps that message appeals […]
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Letter to the editor: Military and personal attacks fail to stop terrorism
I know that I am not the only citizen feeling the anger and frustration spawned by recent shootings, the events in the Middle East and the behavior of our political leaders. Actions taken so far have clearly not worked for us. I believe that most of the communication takes place in a piecemeal way and […]
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Letter to the editor: Critic of immigrants doesn’t know much about how newcomers really learn English
A letter to the editor from Earl Harnden (“Give non-English speakers a deadline to learn language,” Dec. 31) expressed concerns about immigrants not learning how to speak English in a timely fashion. I am an immigrant – a British immigrant who came here when I was 22 (I am 66 now). English is my native […]