WELLS WELLS HIGH SCHOOL honored 11 students and nine staff members at a recent “Breakfast of Champions.” Students honorees included Madeline Andrews, Breanna Banks, Dominic Barra, Cheyenne Bastille, Douglas Darling, Kaitlin Devlin, Tabatha Goodale, Katrina Haskell, Augustus Heptig, Savannah Subilia and Bill Wang. Staff honorees included Meleta Baker, Michelle Brann, Wendy Cowan, Cheryl Oakes, Tari […]
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Blood Drives, Nov. 24, 2010
The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Center, South Portland 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Eagles Club, Biddeford Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Town Hall, Berwick 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., York Hospital, Wells Monday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Intermed, Marginal […]
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Film to document restoration work on Maine’s Merci Car
In February of 1949, a merchant ship entered New York’s harbor containing forty-nine boxcars filled with gifts of thanks from the French people to the citizens of the United States. These cars were filled with personal gifts donated by ordinary French citizens, to show gratitude to Americans for the generosity extended to France during two […]
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Blood Drives, Nov. 17, 2010
The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lowe’s, Brunswick Thursday 1 to 6 p.m., Lions Club, Kittery 3 to 8 p.m., Bowdoin College, Brunswick Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mid Coast Presbyterian Church, Topsham Monday 1 to 6 p.m., Elks Lodge, Saco 12:30 […]
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Military Notes, Nov. 17, 2010
Navy Seaman recruits Julianna R. Krauss and Nicholas D. Ireland have recently completed Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Krauss is a 2010 graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish. Ireland graduated from Bonny Eagle High School in 2004. Marine Corps Pfc. Joel T. Krebs and Marine Corps Pfc. Jessica […]
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Lakes Region: Community rallies for Windham cancer patient
“One day you’re up, the next you’re down,” the old song goes. Jessica Bowden of Windham recently discovered both can happen the very same day. Last June, when she was shopping for her first home, Bowden was absolutely elated that the seller had accepted her offer. The 33-year-old would be renting no longer. But cloud […]
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Meet at Sanford’s Crossroads for the great pie
A pre-Thanksgiving sale of many kinds – including real mincemeat – is a church’s big moneymaker.
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Events, Nov. 17, 2010
STANDISH Bedtime story program Elementary education majors at Saint Joseph’s College are offering a bedtime story program for area children in kindergarten through grade 3. The first in a series of bedtime story programs is from 6 to 7:30 tonight in the Harold Alfond Center on the college’s campus. Tonight’s reading will feature a Thanksgiving […]
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Births, Nov. 17, 2010
At Home Emelia Rose Griesbach, born Nov. 4 to Leon and Cassandra Griesbach, Lisbon Falls. Mid Coast Hospital Jillian Mae Percy, born Nov. 2 to Lauren Dickey and Ethan Percy, Woolwich. Grandparents: Jackie Jacobs, Woolwich; Mark Dickey, Brunswick; Teri Percy, Bath. Eli Joseph Tiemann, born Nov. 3 to Christopher Tiemann and Blake Penatzer, Brunswick. […]
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Briefly, Nov. 17, 2010
SOUTH BERWICK LIBRARY PATRONS can now download more than 1,100 e-book titles to their home computers via a Maine Libraries Consortium program. The online collection contains about 1,800 titles. Visit www. south-berwick.lib.me.us and use the “download library” link. Information on how to use the system is available through an easy-to-use tutorial. For details, call 384-3308. […]