KENNEBUNKPORT Senior Center fashion show The Senior Center at Lower Village will hold a luncheon and fashion show at noon on June 16 at The Nonantum Resort, Ocean Avenue. Tickets are $35 and are available at the Senior Center at Lower Village, 175 Port Road, Kennebunk. For more details go to www.seniorcenterkennebunk.com or call 967-8514. […]
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Dissimilar musical duo reaches for American roots
Taylor’s Grove is performing locally and has a contract to record a CD.
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Lakes Region: Hitting Sebago on a homemade boat
Our family enjoyed a cookout on the water this Memorial Day weekend. Boating season is upon us here in the Lakes Region. We anchored off an island aboard Moonrise, our converted pontoon boat. Food really does taste better out on the water. It took about three years to build this craft, a few hours at […]
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Births, June 2, 2010
Bridgton Hospital McKenzie Wallace, born April 22 to Jason and Kelley Marshall Wallace, South Paris. Grandparents: Joe and Kristy Marshall, Oxford; Deborah Wallace, Lowell Mass.; Great-grandparents: Carolyn Marshall, Taunton, Mass.; Thomas Zips, Bevely Hills, Fla.; Robella Coates, Wareham, Mass. Cheyenne Marie Sutton, born April 27 to Alec Sutton Jr. and Kelley Payson, Naples. Grandparents: Joanne […]
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Blood Drives, June 2, 2010
The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, Commercial Street, Portland 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., L.L. Bean retail store, Freeport 1 to 6 p.m., AMVETS, Yarmouth 2 to 7 p.m., Holy Trinity Church, Lisbon Falls Thursday 1 to 6 p.m., […]
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Briefly Greater Portland, June 2, 2010
PORTLAND VOLUNTEERS, including employees from Portland Hannaford stores, Cumberland and York County master gardeners and many other YardScaping partners, worked on the Sustainable Landscaping Demonstration Gardens at Back Cove last week. The goal of the gardens is to show the range of plants available to Mainers that can be used to create attractive, low-maintenance landscapes […]
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Briefly Regional, June 2, 2010
BRUNSWICK BOWDOIN COLLEGE was named the top fundraising college or university in Maine after the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life on April 16 at the Farley Field House. The 53 participating teams raised $59,000. For more information, call the American Cancer Society at (800) 227-2345. SANFORD A NORTHEAST OFF ROAD Vehicle Competition Association […]
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College Notes, June 2, 2010
Graduations Becker College, Worcester, Mass.: Sara Stacey, Biddeford, magna cum laude; Adrienne Mendelson, Lewiston; Aaron Hiltz, Saco. Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y.: Tyler Arsenault, Portland. Curry College, Milton, Mass.: Kelsey Bryant and Trevor Sullivan-Smith, both of South Portland; James Reilly, Topsham; Lindsay Wolf, Arundel; Nina Godin, Norridgewock; Jaclyn Rutherford, Portland. Davidson College (N.C.): Bryant Barr, Falmouth. […]
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Regional Events, June 2, 2010
KEZAR FALLS All-day Lilac Festival The 13th annual Kezar Falls Lilac Festival will be held Saturday in the downtown area by the Ossipee River. The event will kick off with a pancake breakfast at 7 a.m. at the Riverside United Methodist Church. A Bike and Doll Carriage Parade will follow at 9:30 a.m. Activities and […]
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Les Franco Americains: Passamaquoddy historian releasing book
Passamaquoddy historian Donald Soctomah is busy writing books about his tribe. Passamaquoddy are known as Sipayik — meaning “along the edge” — and People of the Dawn. Their ancient tribal history is documented by artifacts found in Down East Maine, New Brunswick and Maritime Canada. Some ancient Passamaquoddy ancestors may have lived 5,000 years ago […]