SOUTH PORTLAND Garden Club prepares teacup arrangements The Osewantha Garden Club of South Portland will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Redbank Community Center at 21 Nelson Road. Following a meeting, attendees will participate in a floral bouquet class and create a teacup arrangement. Participants should bring a teacup, flowers, tools and oasis foam […]

MONDAY Free community breakfast, including eggs, bacon, pancakes, French toast and pastries, as well as coffee, tea, juice and milk. 6:30 to 9 a.m. Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St., Camden. 542-0360. TUESDAY Community lunch, noon. Free and open to all. 409 Cumberland Ave., Portland. Provided by Wayside Food Programs and hosted by Avesta […]

Air Force Airman 1st Class Jackson A. Haynes has graduated from basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, in San Antonio, Texas, following an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four […]

SACO Donations for pet drive include food, leashes The Hampton Inn’s Saco Hampton Cares team is holding a two-week pet food and items drive from Friday through March 3 to benefit the Kennebunk Animal Welfare Society. Items being collected include wet and dry dog food, cat food, pet treats, collars, leashes and harnesses. Donations can […]

ST. MARY’S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Autumn Rayne Alden, born Feb. 7 to Ashley and Ben Alden of Sumner. Grandparents are Ken and Robbin Alden of Windham, and Linda and Jim Harris and Cathy and Mark Thayer, all of Auburn. Great-grandparents are Barbara and Harland Lyman of Monmouth and Natalie and Kenneth Alden of Leeds. ELSEWHERE […]

Mid Coast HOSPITAL Felix Douglas Reed, born Jan. 28 to Kenneth Douglas Reed and Moriah Autumn Sargent of Bowdoin. Grandparents are Diane and James O’Hara of Litchfield, Deborah Bryan of Bowdoin, and David and Kathi Reed of Lisbon. Great-grandmother is Lorraine Gregg of West Gardiner.

MONDAY Free community breakfast, including eggs, bacon, pancakes, French toast and pastries, as well as coffee, tea, juice and milk. 6:30 to 9 a.m. Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St., Camden. 542-0360. WEDNESDAY Free meal, Trinity Lutheran Church. 5 to 6 p.m. Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St. 854-5653. Loaves and Fishes Chowder Luncheon, […]

WELLS Library’s got heart gifts, Legos and French club The Wells Public Library will offer the following programs this week at 1434 Post Road: n A Teen Craft: Clay Hearts program will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, where teens will create hearts out of an easy-to-make dough and decorate for Valentine’s Day gift-giving. n […]

SOUTH PARIS Register for free lecture on bees, blueberries Registrations are now being accepted for the free talk “Native Bees: Habitat, Threats and Citizen Science,” to be held from 1 to 2 p.m. on Feb. 13. Kalyn Bickerman-Martens, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine, who focuses on the […]