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January 1, 2012

School Notes

Cape Elizabeth High School: For the second consecutive year, a team from Cape Elizabeth won the Maine State High School Mock Trial championship and will compete at the national championship in Albuquerque, N.M., in May. Team members are Max Aronson, Emily Muscat, Claire Muscat, Will McCarthy and Katherine Page, all seniors; Michaela Forde, Josie Barth, […]
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December 26, 2011

Honor Roll: Thornton Academy

First quarter Class of 2012 – First Honors: Sarah Belanger, Thomas Boutin, Tyler Cadorette, Jessica Collard, Josephine Cooper, Andrew Cote, Thao Thanh Dang, Danielle Emmons, Alison Folsom, Yun Gao, Tyler Gaylord, Julia Geaumont, Amanda Gibbons, Morgan Kibler, Meaghan Kirby, Zachary Lauzon, Shiqi Li, Nichole Moore, Chaoqiang Qi, Yixin Sun, Guangyi Xu; Second Honors: Joanna Abaroa, […]
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December 26, 2011

Honor Roll: Falmouth High School

FIRST QUARTER Grade 12 – High Honors: Toby Aicher, Hannah Brown, Sean Connolly, Evan Eklund, Timothy Follo, Catherine Hebson, Aaron Kane, Analise Kump, Morgan Larrabee, Conor McGrory, Matthew Packard, Kristen Peters, Benjamin Shapiro, Madison Tierney, Harrison Van der Kloot, Jane Yoon, Xiangyu Zhao; Honors: Monica Aaskov, Vanessa Audet, Caroline Bauer, Marissa Bickford, Hadley Bracken, Henry Briggs, […]
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December 26, 2011

Blood Drives

The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Tuesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. Hyacinth’s Church, Westbrook Noon to 5 p.m., Auburn Mall, Auburn Noon to 6 p.m., Murray Hall, Livermore Falls Wednesday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aubuchon Hardware, Norway 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., AmVets, Yarmouth Noon to […]
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December 26, 2011

Military Notes

Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Mark Amero was recently promoted to his current rank. Amero, a student in the Electromechanical Technology program at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, is on special duty to complete the ELT program. He is a native of Gloucester, Mass, and resides in Auburn. He has served in the […]

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December 26, 2011

Don Perkins: Landowner, groups preserve watershed

Thanks to a very generous landowner in Harrison, the Western Foothills Land Trust and Portland Water District now have a conservation easement on 690 acres between the Crooked River and Weston Farm Road. Owned by the Watkins family, the acreage is one of the largest parcels in the town of Harrison. The land, which is […]
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December 23, 2011

Juliana L’Heureux: Fall edition of Le Forum packed with Franco-American info

Congratulations to the University of Maine’s Franco-American journal “Le Forum” for 40 years of publication. The recently published fall edition is packed with 51 pages of Franco-American culture, history, genealogy, book reviews, poetry and photographs. Even dahlia growers have a nice feature to read in “Obsessed with Dahlias” by Ron Sirois, of Holden. This enjoyable […]
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December 23, 2011

Juliana L’Heureux: Reader looking to build pride in French heritage

Eleanor Dunnell, 87, of Buxton has a good idea about how families can give one another thoughtful holiday gifts by researching genealogies for future generations. She’s spent many years researching her family’s multiple genealogies, gathering information for her children, nephews and nieces. “I don’t think enough young people know about their heritages, but they should,” […]
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December 19, 2011

Honor Roll: Scarborough High School

FIRST QUARTER • SENIORS High Honors: Dominique Burnham, Haley Carignan, Adam Cohen, Alison Davis, Daniel Farley, Garret Hazelwood, Alexander Henny, Kennedy Johnson, Alexander Kyte, Megan Loiselle, Samuel Moore, Lindsay Murphy, Kathryn Odden, Allison Orr, Sarah Pritchard, Susan Rundell, Mary Scott, Caitlin Stahl-Hodgkins, Emily Tolman, Mariah Volk Honors: Zachary Albahary, Benjamin Alper, Hannah Anderson, Dayna Ankermann, Samantha […]
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December 19, 2011

Honor Roll: York High School

FIRST QUARTER • SENIORS High Honors: Ellen Berrigan, Briana Eaton, Emily Horowitz, Michael King, Carolyn Lee, Anna Murphy, Conor O’Brien, Michael O’Connor, Aaron Prugar, Samantha Stocks, Francesca Tabora, Alana Thyng, Zoe Weston Honors: Sarah Baker, Rachel Barrows, Andrea Beaulieu, Devon Bettinson, Andrew Bird, Meghan Boria-Meyer, Jack Briggs, David Cartier, Lindsey Casey, Madison Cromwell, Hannah Daigneault, Craig […]

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