PORTLAND BJ’S IS HOSTING a Welcome Event on Saturday, to kick off their Adopt-A-School Partnership with Saccarappa Elementary School in Westbrook. The event takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. at BJ’s Wholesale Club, 513 Warren Ave., Portland. Activities include a Giant Pumpkin Guess-the-Weight contest and the chance to make a spooky Halloween-themed ice cream […]

PORTLAND Tate House symposium The Tate House is hosting its sixth annual Decorative Arts Symposium starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave. “Secrets of the Colonial Hearth Revealed” celebrates the “Year of the Kitchen,” with presentations by Sandy Oliver, colonial food ways columnist; Fran Lord, author and Strawbery Banke […]

Army Master Sgt. Anthony F. Zarate, a master trainer, has been assigned to the Denver, Colo., Army Recruiting Battalion. He is the son of Susan Ladde of Weld, and his wife, Kelly, is the daughter of Edith Packard of Portland. Zarate graduated from Deering High School in 1993 and received an associate degree in 2006 […]

Thursday Community Meal with meatloaf, 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. Haddock chowder, crab […]

A newly published report is building a plan for the future of northern Maine’s St. John Valley. It’s based upon the area’s potential to build a creative economy.  “The Valley,” as locals call their region, is home to a diversity of cultures including the French-Acadians, the Quebecois Franco-Americans, Scots-Irish and English. The descendants of the […]

Now, stories about the Allagash people are being heard in an anthology of memories edited by Maine writer Cathie Pelletier.

STATEWIDE SEPTEMBER IS National Literacy Month, and the Maine Literacy Volunteers Network is in need of tutors. It will offer training at 14 affiliate offices throughout the state. Teaching experience or an education degree is not required. Volunteers should have a passion to help others start a new life through the joy of reading. To […]

CUMBERLAND COUNTY Girl Scouts meeting Girl Scouts of Maine is offering informational meetings for girls in kindergarten through grade 12 and their parents for fall registration. Meetings are being held at 6:30 p.m. today at St. Anne’s Church in Gorham, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at South Portland Community Center and at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Yarmouth […]

THURSDAY Community meal with ham, 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; free delivery for 10 or more orders. Roast beef supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., […]