Graduations Savannah, Ga., College of Art and Design: Jennifer Silverman, Portland. University of Denver: Joel Ouellette, Portland. University of Findlay, Ohio: Kyle Johnson, Portland.   Dean’s List Bentley University, Waltham, Mass.: Meghan Norton, Gorham. DePaul University, Chicago: Dana O’Leary, South Portland. Lasell College, Newton, Mass.: Jonathan Klippert, Cumberland; Sarah Gagnon, Durham; Melissa Kenny and Amanda […]

PORTLAND Longfellow club plant sale The Longfellow Garden Club is hosting a plant sale 8 a.m. to noon at North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave. Perennials from members’ gardens will be on sale, as well as baked goods.   Peaks Island concert series Songwriters by the Sea summer concert series kicks off its third […]

The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 1 to 6 p.m., Pine Tree Academy, Freeport Thursday Noon to 6 p.m., Second Congregational Church, Newcastle 1 to 6 p.m., Biddeford-Saco Elks, Saco 1 to 6 p.m., York Street Baptist Church, York Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Town Hall, Standish […]

Samuel D. Hanson (Buxton High), reunion and banquet with the Class of 1960 as honored guests, June 19 at Captain’s Galley, Old Orchard Beach. Call Roberta Harris Ramsdell, 929-4529. Cathedral High School, Class of 1960, June 25 at DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant, Portland. Contact Diane McAvoy LaPointe at 899-4636. Westbrook High School, Class of 1945 and […]

Wells High School Second Trimester Seniors – High Honors: Chelsea Babb, Veronika Barra, Madeleine Bunker, Travis Cilley, Lily Colley, Rebecca Colley, Livia Dinehart, Cassandra Dixey, Shelley Duplisea, Alec Gatzogiannis, Duston Hodgkins, Erica Hood, Haleigh Hudson, Patricia Kelly, Kelsey Lewia, David Littlefield, Brandi MacDonald, Amy Macomber, Mattie Paradise, Hannah Peterlin, Nicole Poirier, Noelle Sarno, Emily Wood. […]

The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sweetser, Brunswick Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nonantum Resort, Kennebunkport 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Boothbay Region High School, Boothbay Harbor Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mercy Hospital, Portland Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., […]

It’s a point of historic pride among Franco-Americans that the French colonial settlements in North America began in the 16th century before the arrival of British settlers in Jamestown, Va., or Plymouth, Mass. Two failed French attempts at colonial expansion are located at St. Croix Island in Calais and in Florida’s Fort Caroline, in Jacksonville. […]