– Note: Due to the New Year’s holiday, most regular potluck suppers have been postponed . Wednesday Ladies/Community breakfast, 7:30 to 9 a.m., North Country Inn B&B, Main Street, Rangeley.
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Briefly, for Dec. 29
PORTLAND GUIDING EYES for the Blind is looking for volunteers to raise puppies. Participants will be asked to take 8-week-old puppies into their homes to love, nurture, and educate them for 12 to 16 months. The dogs will then be sent off to their calling as a guide dog for a blind or visually impaired […]
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Births, Dec. 29
Several area hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available at https://www.pressherald.com/readerservices/Birth_Announcement.html For more information, please call 791-6300. Southern Maine Medical Center Keaton Alexander Gable, born Dec. 12 to Christopher and Jaime Clukey Gable, East Waterboro. Grandparents: Holly Gilbert, Arundel; Andrew Clukey, […]
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College Note, Dec. 29
Southern Maine Community College, South Portland: Tara Laverdiere, Portland, was inducted into the Alpha Chi Nu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society.
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Honor Rolls: Yarmouth High School
First Quarter Grade 12 – High Honors: Andrew Beckmann, Campbell Belisle Haley, Rebecca Haley, Michelle Clark, Andrew DiMarco, Julie Dursema, Andrew George, Abbie Hutchinson, Catherine Morton, Benjamin Nickerson, Connor O’Donnell, Lucas Pierce, Natalie Salmon, Spencer Soucy, Alison Totta; Honors: Corina Bell, Elizabeth Bergesch, Annika Blake- Howland, Jason Brackett, Chelsea Britten, Davis Brown, Emily Clark, Samuel […]
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A Longfellow farewell
The community will celebrate the service the elementary school has given the town since 1924.
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Blood Drives, Dec. 29-Jan. 5, 2011
The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 1 to 6 p.m., St. Mary’s Church, Wells 1 to 6 p.m., American Legion Post 112, Oxford 2 to 7 p.m., Waldoboro Baptist Church Thursday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland Monday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., […]
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Juliana L’Heureux: ‘A is for Allagash’ reflects a century of life
Maine’s North Woods and the Allagash are home to writer Cathie Pelletier. She wrote a loving tribute to her small town rural heritage in “Christmas in the Allagash.” Her second book, “A is for Allagash: A Lumberjack’s Life,” is another full-color hard-back collector’s book, co-written with her 90-year-old father, Allagash native Louis Pelletier. Written in […]
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Briefly for Dec. 22
SANFORD YORK COUNTY EXTENSION Association recognized Glenn Wildes of Sanford with the George Spulick Award for outstanding volunteer at its annual meeting. Wildes, an active Master Gardener Volunteer since 1999, helped to harvest more than 52,000 pounds of fresh farm produce for the Maine Harvest for Hunger program. The association also elected new board officials, […]
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College Notes for Dec. 22
Graduations Flagler College, St. Augustine, Fla.: Gabriel Labbe, Eliot; Michelle Robb, Cumberland; Matty Truax, York. Awards Nazareth College, Rochester, N.Y.: Jenna Howard, of Limestone and Belfast, has been selected by the American Chemical Society’s Woman Chemists Committee to receive a 2011 Eli Lilly/WCC Travel Grant. The award is given to 10 outstanding female graduate and […]