Thursday Corned Beef Supper, 6 p.m., Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock St. The event starts at 5 p.m. with a silent auction and Irish music. Tickets $10 for adults and $4 for children under 10. For reservations, call 594-8656. Tickets are available at the door. Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., North […]
Close to Home
Posted inClose to Home
Regional Events, March 16, 2011
BRUNSWICK Hospital auxiliary book sale Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary is accepting donations of used books for its April 7 and 8 spring book sale. Drop-off dates are 9 a.m. to noon Saturday and again March 26 at the U-Haul Storage Center, 91 Gurnet Road. No Reader’s Digest condensed books, textbooks, encyclopedias or magazines please. Proceeds […]
advertisement
Posted inClose to Home
School Notes, March 16, 2011
Wells High School senior Meaghan Lewia will receive the Maine Principals’ Award for 2011 from the Maine Principals’ Association. Elias Chappell Peirce, a senior at Waynflete School, was named a 2011 Presidential Scholar Program candidate. The following students have been named finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program: Lydia-Rose Kesich, Portland High School; Siena Butterfield, […]
Posted inClose to Home
Births, March 16, 2011
Bridgton Hospital Jesse Hunter Frances Whipple, born Feb. 19 to Angela G. (Keaton) Cassell and George E. Whipple, Hiram. Grandparents: Patricia and Carlton Bate, Eliot; Marsha and Barry Whipple, Cornish. Sylas Timothy Rollins, born Feb. 19 to Erin (McGonagle) and Scott D. Rollins, Brownfield. Grandparents: Donna and Paul McGonagle and Herb and Mickey Rollins, […]
Posted inClose to Home
Briefly, March 16, 2011
AUGUSTA THE MAINE ARTS COMMISSION launched a new grant program that provide art education funding for students in Maine. The Ticket to Ride grant program will defray the cost of travel for schools in Maine wishing to attend arts venues and events to boost their curriculum. The start-up funding was provided by the Jane B. […]
Posted inClose to Home
Greater Portland Events, March 16, 2011
PORTLAND Book sale for the Bigs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine will hold a book sale this weekend at the Woodfords Club, 179 Woodford St. in Portland. The fundraiser, held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Woodfords Club, will feature more than 15,000 […]
Posted inClose to Home
Juliana L’Heureux: La Fete du Printemps in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — La Fete du Printemps is a community arts and culture program which began in Biddeford three years ago to showcase Franco-American creativity and local history. John Maxson, 44, is a Biddeford native living in nearby Bar Mills. He’s an organizer and contact person for La Fete du Printemps (Festival of Spring). Events are […]
Posted inClose to Home
Potluck, March 9, 2011
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 delivery for 10 or more orders. Haddock chowder, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., South Freeport Church, South Freeport Road, $8, seconds included. Pints available for takeout: […]
Posted inClose to Home
Lakes Region: Wawenock director reflects on camp, conservation
Things like this just don’t happen every day. On Feb. 17, 1,000 feet of undeveloped, wooded shoreline on Sebago Lake — more than three football fields — became protected in perpetuity from development. The effort took two decades to get right. Located across from Frye Island on the western side of Raymond Cape, Camp Wawenock […]
Posted inClose to Home
Greater Portland Briefly, March 9, 2011
PORTLAND MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, in partnership with the Maine State Library, has launched a grant and training program to help local historical societies, libraries, and schools use the Maine Memory Network. The grants and training program are designed to help communities to digitize and share their local history. Up to $750 will be available to […]