Community News

Published
March 10, 2010

Column: Wetland features rookery

You’ve probably seen them standing like a silent sentinel in a pond or secluded cove, patiently waiting, motionless, before striking for a hard-earned meal. Or perhaps you’ve seen one gliding through the air like a wild flying fortress, with long legs trailing behind. For those who live in the Lake Region, the great blue heron […]
Published
March 10, 2010

Blood Drives

The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today Noon to 5 p.m., Oral and Maxillofacial Associates, South Portland 12:30 to 6 p.m., Saint Aspinquid Masonic Hall, York Thursday 1 to 6 p.m., Elks Lodge, Saco Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Town Hall, Standish 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., […]
Published
March 8, 2010

The Region Briefly

OLD ORCHARD BEACH THE SALVATION ARMY Advisory Board has named Gary Curtis of Old Orchard Beach to its board of directors. Curtis is retired from management careers in sports and property sales and served as a crisis intervention councilor at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. He is a former Dirigo Boys State director and a […]
Published
March 8, 2010

College Notes

Dean’s List Bates College, Lewiston: Jenna Finegold, Portland. Bentley University, Waltham, Mass.: Anthony Villandry, Biddeford; Matthew Allen, Cape Elizabeth; Alexandra Johnston, Cumberland; Samuel Maher, Cumberland Center; Courtney Gallagher, Falmouth; Matthew Fenton, Monique King, Maura Brady and Tristen Sullivan, all of Gorham; Molly Marr, Ryan Salvo, Calum Barnes, Erich Bobinsky and Monika Czurylo, all of Portland; […]
Published
March 3, 2010

Briefly Greater Portland, March 3, 2010

PORTLAND DEERING HIGH SCHOOL students Jean McCabe, Keleigh O’Neil and Brian Pedro have been named candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Of the 3,000 candidates chosen nationwide, up to 141 will be selected for the program. Also, McCabe, Nicholas Delving of Deering High School and Maggie Eismeier of Casco Bay High School have been […]

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March 3, 2010

Honor roll, March 3, 2010

Freeport High School Second quarter Grade 9 – High Honors: Sarah Bonney, Bennett Brainard, Taylor Enrico, Kelsie Humphrey, Luke Macdonald, Gemma McElroy, Josephine Moore, John Munroe, Caroline Rowell, Lia Wellen, Ciera Wentworth; Honors: Abrin Berkemeyer, Dan Burke, Mason Cyr, Jocelyn Davee, Brady Davis, Connor Dietrich, Jack Doughty, Landon Easler, Olivia Fowler, Dayze Gaulin, Abigel Gyorgy, […]
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March 3, 2010

Regional Events, March 3, 2010

UNION Series opens with Peary talk Union Historical Society begins its 2010 series at 7:30 p.m. today with a talk by Harry Rich of Harpswell on Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1856-1920) and his affiliation with Eagle Island. The meeting will be held at the Thompson Community Center at Common and South Union roads on […]
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March 3, 2010

Greater Portland Events

FREEPORT Mountain climber at library “Great Explorers: Peary at the Pole to Landing on the Moon,” a free presentation by Mount Everest climber Ed Webster, will take place at 6:30 p.m. today in the Community Meeting Room at Freeport Community Library. Webster will share landmarks of human exploration during his presentation, including photographs from 1880 […]
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March 3, 2010

Military Notes, March 3, 2010

Dionna A. Hemingway has enlisted in the Iowa Army National Guard. Hemingway is a heavy construction equipment operator assigned to the 831st Engineer Company, Burlington, Iowa. She is the daughter of Dale Hemingway, Harrison, and Tina Cary of Otisfield. Marine Corps Pvt. Michael S. Pilz, a 2009 graduate of Bonny Eagle High School, Standish, recently […]
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March 3, 2010

Births, March 3, 2010

Bridgton Hospital Armani Matthew Quint, born Feb. 21 to Matthew Quint and Alanna LaSalle, Fryeburg. Grandparents: Anna Harriman, Baileyville; Jonathan LaSalle, Marlboro, Mass.; Haven and Ruth Quint, Fryeburg. Great-grandparents: Gertrude Stuart, Center Conway, N.H;. Myrtle Quint, Ocala, Fla. Mid Coast Hospital Kelsea Lynn Richards, born Feb. 12 to Seth Richards and Kathleen Coffin, Harpswell. Grandparents: […]