ELLSWORTH & PORTLAND Fund awards over $79,000 to programs for youths The Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $79,000 to nonprofit programs in Greater Portland that support children ages birth to 8 and youth leadership for students through high school. Grants of up to $10,000 […]

WEDNESDAY Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, vegetables, dessert. 5 to 6:30 p.m. VFW Post No. 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. 767-2575. $7. Community meal, free. 5 p.m., Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St., Westbrook. Co-sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church and Wayside Food Programs. Free parking, handicapped-accessible. Otisfield Community Lunch, featuring corn chowder, minestrone soup, broccoli and […]

Southern Maine Health Care Rasta Lois-Ann LaPlante, born Jan. 13 to Travis LaPlante and Shayna Kimball of Biddeford. Grandparents are Tonya Kimball, Wakefield, N.H., and Madaline LaPlante and Earnest Clark, both of Old Orchard Beach. Paxten Wayne Horne, born Jan. 16 to David and Amanda (Baker) Horne of Old Orchard Beach. Grandparents are Robert Baker, […]

SACO & SANFORD Lecture series continues Wednesday in Alfred York County Senior College’s Winter 2017 Gary Sullivan Memorial Lecture Series continues this month with a look at Maine as seen through poetry and the Franco-American experience. Steve Cowperthwaite and Claire Hersom will share poetry that tells “The Maine Story” from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. […]

U.S. Air Force Airman George K. Kariotis has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. He completed 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. Kariotis is the son of Deana L. Kariotis […]

PORTLAND Seminar on home buying The Veterans Home Buying Collaboration is hosting a free seminar to help veterans understand VA loans. The event is from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in Room 133 of the University of Southern Maine Wishcamper Center, 34 Bedford St. The Veterans Home Buying Collaborative is a group of local nonprofit, […]

CAPE ELIZABETH Land trust announces annual artist event, auction The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is accepting artist submissions for “Paint for Preservation 2017,” the organization’s 10th annual juried Wet Paint Auction. The auction will be held July 9. Selected artists will paint at designated public and private locations chosen to highlight Cape Elizabeth’s natural beauty. […]

WEDNESDAY Chicken pot pie, salads, rolls, dessert. 5 to 6:30 p.m. VFW Post No. 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. 767-2575. $7. Community meal, free. 5 p.m., Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St., Westbrook. Co-sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church and Wayside Food Programs. Free parking, handicapped-accessible. THURSDAY Community meal, free. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., St. […]

SCARBOROUGH Land trust weekend events The Scarborough Land Trust will celebrate the statewide Great Maine Outdoors Weekend from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Preserve on Pleasant Hill Road. SLT’s Toby Jacobs and Kathy Mills will lead a family discovery walk about the secrets of plants and animals in the winter landscape. The […]

Mid Coast Hospital Romulus Leon Wilbert Koch, born Jan. 10 to Jasmine Rose (Papa) and Nathaniel Issac Koch of Gardiner. Grandparents are Alison and Shawn Pierce of Richmond, Rita Koch of Tampa, Fla., and Krista Umberhind of Spring, Texas. Harper Adalyn Babcock, born Jan. 12 to Justin M. Babcock and Heather J. Taylor of Lisbon […]