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. Central Maine Medical Center Dakota Michael Dehaan, born Sept. 6 to Adrian Dehaan and Felicia Bell, Lewiston. Grandparents: Charles and Robert King, Lewiston; Paula Todd, Springvale; Michael Dehaan, […]

The National Merit Scholarship Program has announced the semifinalists for its 2016 scholarship program. Finalists will be named in the spring. Area students are listed alphabetically by town. They are: Bath: Morse High School, Aaron Ouellette; Brunswick: Brunswick High School, Shane Lyons; Camden: Watershed Community School, Jesse Dunn; Cape Elizabeth: Cape Elizabeth High School, Madeleine […]

SOUTH BERWICK Museum makes archives available to researchers The Old Berwick Historical Society now allows the public to explore a list of items in its collection at the Counting House Museum by downloading a spreadsheet and making searches. Society members have collected some 13,500 items, covering a wide spectrum of community life, including historic maps, […]

“Searching for Home: Coming Back from War,” 7 p.m. Saturday, documentary screening at Hannaford Hall, Abromson Community Education Center at University of Southern Maine, 88 Bedford St., Portland. Parking is available in the adjacent garage. The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. and is a look at returning veterans from several conflicts and how they adjust […]

Tuesday Sacred Heart/St. Dominic’s Haiti Project, 5 to 9 p.m., a portion of pizza sales benefits the program, Flatbread Co., 72 Commercial St., Portland. 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, […]

High Schools Deering High School, Class of 1963, 5 p.m. Oct. 10, hors d’oeuvres and cash bar at Bruno’s reception room, 33 Allen Ave., Morrill’s Corner, Portland. Call Diana Allen at 772-2922. Sanford High School, Class of 1975, 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 17, with cash bar and appetizers. Held at Sanford Country Club, Country […]

Graduations Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas: Jeffrey Molina, Springvale. Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston: Cody Barnes, Portland; Michael Vankevich, Portland; Roger Larrabee, Scarborough; Victoria Armishaw, Scarborough; Connor Gullifer, Scarborough; Nathan Hjelm, Windham. Western New England University, Springfield, Mass.: William Koch, Auburn, magna cum laude. Wheaton, Ill., College: Emily Rose Fitch, Cumberland, cum laude; Rachel Elspeth Gross, […]

The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Tuesday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., L.L. Bean Retail Store, 95 Main St., Freeport Wednesday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bank of America, 5 Industrial Parkway, Brunswick 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dunkin Donuts, 583 Lisbon Road, Lisbon Falls Noon to 5 p.m., […]