ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY Animal Welfare Society adoptable pets and volunteers, as well as Nestle representatives, will be at the Walmart on Main Street in Sanford from noon to 4 p.m. July 22. The following pets are available. Dallas is a low-key cat that loves to find a place to perch and take in all her […]
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School Notes, July 13, 2011
Charlie Lehmer, a recent Freeport High School graduate and member of the school’s National Honor Society, has been named one of nine regional winners of a National Honor Society scholarship which had 6,000 applications nationally. Each regional winner received a $3,000 college scholarship. Lehmer plans to attend Goucher College in Baltimore this fall. Anne Vogt […]
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Regional Events, July 13, 2011
SPRINGVALE ‘World focus’ at the library Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., will offer several “world focus” activities this week. “Stories From Around the World” will celebrate the World Bread Festival with a bread-tasting party, served potluck-style, from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday. Volunteers are needed to make and donate a variety of breads. Recipes […]
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College Notes, July 13, 2011
Graduations Clark University, Worcester, Mass.: Benjamin Stuart, Cumberland; Gwendolyn Hayes, magna cum laude, Arundel; Whitney Adams, Windham; Luke Nye, magna cum laude, Old Orchard Beach; Kate Saccone, summa cum laude, Pownal; Marie Sirois, Saco; Patrick O’Neil, magna cum laude, Topsham; Jill Johnson, summa cum laude, Westbrook; Yonatan Melamed, summa cum laude, John Cannon, magna cum […]
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Potluck, July 13, 2011
Today Traditional bean supper, 5 to 7 p.m., optional concert follows. Curtis Room, Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Per person: $10. Call 442-8637. Friday Friday lunch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Haddock chowder: $7; lobster roll: $7; egg salad: $4; other items available; free […]
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Births, July 13, 2011
Maine Medical Center Drew Calen Pedersen, born June 15 to Brian and Rebekah Goode (Backshaw) Pedersen, Norway. Grandparents: Katharine Goode and Robert Goode, South Portland; Lucy Pedersen and David Pedersen, Gray. Great Grandparent: Doris Radley, Gorham. Mid Coast Hospital Parker Lawrence Clark, born June 13 to Brandon Clark and Vanessa Brooks, Bath. Grandparents: […]
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Honor Rolls, Greely High School, July 13, 2011
Greely High School Fourth Quarter Grade 12 – High Honors: Peter Bailinson, Sarah Howard, Julia Isaacson, Rebecca Littlefield; Honors: Jeffrey Aalber, Margaret Bower, Lindsey Burton, Emily Christensen, Joseph Crenshaw, Meaghan Crowley, Katherine Harrington, Chelsea Hickey, Emily Hill, Michelle Kahn, Stella Keck, Josh King, Jessica Lalumioere,, Emma MacMullan, Samuel Mason, Andrew Milburn, Elizabeth Morrone, Taylor Nielsen, […]
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Don Perkins: Public can dig some Freeport history
Freeport is literally unearthing its history. The public can get its hands dirty July 25-29 at Pettengill Farm as part of “Digging History: Piecing Together Pettengill Farm’s Past.” Participants age 18 and older will have the opportunity to work alongside professional historical archaeologists from Crane & Morrison Archaeology of Freeport. The diggers will learn how […]
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Reunions, July 13, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL Sanford High School, Class of 1981, 6:30 p.m. July 16, at the Town Club, Sanford. Contact Cyndi (Sprague) Zinderman at (954) 785-6206. Camden-Rockport High School, Class of 1971, 2 to 10 p.m. July 16, at Beaver Lodge, Alford Lake, 128 Beaver Lodge Road., Hope. Admission is $15 for classmates; $10 for guests; teachers […]
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Briefly, July 13, 2011
BIDDEFORD THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND’S Office of Citizenship and Service Learning recently received a $4,035 grant from the Community Building Grant Program of the Maine Community Foundation to establish a literacy and math tutoring program in which UNE students with Federal Work Study will be recruited and trained to tutor elementary and middle school […]