SOUTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER Hunter Dennis Cormier, born Sept. 16 to Earl and Suzanne Coolbroth Cormier, Springvale. Grandparents: Dennis and Jean Coolbroth, Lyman; Dennis and Cheryl Cormier, Lebanon.   CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER Lorelai Payton Cesario, born Sept. 30 to James and Amanda Cesaro, Lisbon Falls.   ST. MARY’S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Connor Michael CaStelli, […]

PORTLAND Final Choices film screening There will be a screening of “A Family Undertaking” at 7 p.m. Friday at the Allen Avenue UU Church, with a discussion to follow. The evening is sponsored by Final Choices, a committee dedicated to affordable end-of-life choices that are gentle to the earth and meaningful to family and friends. […]

THURSDAY Community meal with baked chicken, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Per person: $4. 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. Chicken pie supper, […]

Todd A. Thompson and John-Justin W. Marcigliano have graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash. Thompson is the son of Fred and stepson of Cathy Thompson of Westbrook and is a 2005 graduate of Westbrook High School. Marcigliano […]

HIGH SCHOOL Portland High School, Class of 1944, today at Parker’s Restaurant, 1349 Washington Ave., Portland. Social hour at 12:30 p.m. and lunch at 1:15 p.m. with ordering from a special menu. Contact Jeanne Eskilson Smaha or 775-1546 or e-mail [email protected].   MILITARY Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association (NCVA-NE), New England Chapter, Oct. 29 to 31, […]

Maine’s French language newspapers were once delivered daily to households in cities like Lewiston and Biddeford, where significant numbers of Franco-Americans lived and worked.  Robert B. Perreault writes in the essay, “The Franco-American Press: An Historical Overview,” published in the anthology “Steeples and Smokestacks,” that the French press in New England dates as far back […]

PORTLAND Eastern Cemetery tours Walk Among the Shadows, tours through Eastern Cemetery with costumed actors portraying the interred when they were alive, will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Oct. 28 through Oct. 30. Presented by Spirits Alive in conjunction with Acorn Productions and Portland Playback, tickets are $10 for […]