Cape Elizabeth High School: For the second consecutive year, a team from Cape Elizabeth won the Maine State High School Mock Trial championship and will compete at the national championship in Albuquerque, N.M., in May. Team members are Max Aronson, Emily Muscat, Claire Muscat, Will McCarthy and Katherine Page, all seniors; Michaela Forde, Josie Barth, […]

The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public:  Tuesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. Hyacinth’s Church, Westbrook Noon to 5 p.m., Auburn Mall, Auburn Noon to 6 p.m., Murray Hall, Livermore Falls Wednesday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aubuchon Hardware, Norway 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., AmVets, Yarmouth Noon to […]

First quarter Class of 2012 – First Honors: Sarah Belanger, Thomas Boutin, Tyler Cadorette, Jessica Collard, Josephine Cooper, Andrew Cote, Thao Thanh Dang, Danielle Emmons, Alison Folsom, Yun Gao, Tyler Gaylord, Julia Geaumont, Amanda Gibbons, Morgan Kibler, Meaghan Kirby, Zachary Lauzon, Shiqi Li, Nichole Moore, Chaoqiang Qi, Yixin Sun, Guangyi Xu; Second Honors: Joanna Abaroa, […]

FIRST QUARTER Grade 12 – High Honors: Toby Aicher, Hannah Brown, Sean Connolly, Evan Eklund, Timothy Follo, Catherine Hebson, Aaron Kane, Analise Kump, Morgan Larrabee, Conor McGrory, Matthew Packard, Kristen Peters, Benjamin Shapiro, Madison Tierney, Harrison Van der Kloot, Jane Yoon, Xiangyu Zhao; Honors: Monica Aaskov, Vanessa Audet, Caroline Bauer, Marissa Bickford, Hadley Bracken, Henry Briggs, […]

Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Mark Amero was recently promoted to his current rank. Amero, a student in the Electromechanical Technology program at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, is on special duty to complete the ELT program. He is a native of Gloucester, Mass, and resides in Auburn. He has served in the […]

Congratulations to the University of Maine’s Franco-American journal “Le Forum” for 40 years of publication. The recently published fall edition is packed with 51 pages of Franco-American culture, history, genealogy, book reviews, poetry and photographs. Even dahlia growers have a nice feature to read in “Obsessed with Dahlias” by Ron Sirois, of Holden. This enjoyable […]

Eleanor Dunnell, 87, of Buxton has a good idea about how families can give one another thoughtful holiday gifts by researching genealogies for future generations. She’s spent many years researching her family’s multiple genealogies, gathering information for her children, nephews and nieces. “I don’t think enough young people know about their heritages, but they should,” […]

PRIVATE SCHOOL HONOR ROLLS Pomfret (Conn.) School: Jon Pate, a senior from Saco, earned honors. Westminster School, Simsbury, Conn.: Sophmores Katherine Pate of Saco and Erik Rost of Cumberland earned honors. AWARDS The Gorham Savings Bank “Anything is Possible” poster contest grand prize winner is Josie LeBlanc of Westbrook. She won $1,000 for her fifth-grade class at Congin […]

Several area hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available at www.pressherald.com/readerservices/Birth_Announcement.html For more information, please call 791-6300. Bridgton Hospital Jazmyn Izabella Fortin, born Nov. 9 to Justin Fortin and Heather Carpenter, Brownfield. Grandparents: Sharon Anderson, Brownfield; David Carpenter, Nantucket, Mass.; Linda Fortin, […]