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April 6, 2011

Honor Roll: Yarmouth High School, April 6, 2011

Yarmouth High School Second quarter Grade 12, High Honors: Andrew Beckmann, Campbell Belisle Haley, Rebecca Bell, Michelle Clark, Andrew DiMarco, Andrew George, Kyle Groves, Abbie Hutchinson, Benjamin Jones, Catherine Morton, Benjamin Nickerson, Lindsey Purpura, Natalie Salmon, Chloe Sarapas, Spencer Soucy, Alison Totta, Lauren Wrobleski; Honors: Courtney Barker, Elizabeth Bergesch, Annika Blake-Howland, Jason Brackett, Chloe Brant, […]
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April 6, 2011

Military Notes, April 6, 2011

Marine Corps Pfc. Christopher M. Varden, son of Debra Fields of Lebanon and Mark Varden of Tupper Lake, N.Y., recently reported for duty with Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan. Varden is a 2010 graduate of Noble High School, North Berwick, and joined the Marine Corps in June 2010. Coast Guard […]
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April 6, 2011

Pet Pourri, April 6, 2011

Tall Tails Beagle Rescue The following dog is available from Tall Tails Beagle Rescue in Falmouth. Visit www.talltails beaglerescue.petfinder.org or call 797-5392. Tall Tails will be at the Kennel Shop, 50 Market St., South Portland, from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday. Store telephone number is 799-7282. Rosie is an 8-year-old spayed female beagle, sweet and […]
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April 6, 2011

Honor Roll: Private Schools, April 6, 2011

Private Schools Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Conn.: Megan Lubetkin, Cape Elizabeth, Dean’s List. The Fessenden School, West Newton, Mass.: Jake Bradford, Kennebunk, Grade 9, effort – third honors, second term. Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass.: Katherine McDonald, Honors, class of 2011 and Nathaniel Reynolds, Commended, Class of 2012, both of Freeport. The Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, […]
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April 6, 2011

Greater Portland Events, April 6, 2011

GORHAM School of Music concerts The University of Southern Maine’s School of Music will present its ensemble performance series at 7:30 p.m. Mondays in Corthell Concert Hall. The USM Flute Studio Ensemble will kick off the series with a performance this Monday. The Guitar Studio Ensemble will perform April 18 and the Trombone Studio Ensemble […]

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April 1, 2011

Juliana L’Heureux: Exhibit about history of Lewiston’s ‘Grey Nuns’

Lewiston’s Franco-Americans recognize the Grey Nuns as the dedicated group of religious women who came to the area from Quebec in 1878, to provide charitable social services, health care and children’s welfare programs. In the fall of 2011, the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston will launch a permanent exhibit about the history of the Grey […]
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March 30, 2011

Births, March 30, 2011

Maine Medical Center Serenity Rose Murphy, born March 3 to Magen DeAngelis and Marc Murphy, Standish. Grandparents: Robert DeAngelis, Suzanne Landry, Jacquelyn Foltz and Harr Foltz, all of Standish; Robert DeAngelis if Bristol, Conn.; Alexander Murphy of Limington; Josephine Merrill and Johnathon DeAngelis, both of Dayton. Great-grandmother: Ora Emerick, Falmouth. Mercy Hospital Parker […]
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March 30, 2011

Blood Drives, March 30, 2011

The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 1 to 7 p.m., University of New England, Biddeford Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Camden Hills Regional High School, Rockport 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Berlin City Auto, South Portland Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Walmart, Biddeford Monday 11 a.m. […]
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March 30, 2011

College Notes, March 30, 2011

GRADUATES Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah: Stephanie Arsenault of Biddeford has received a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. Sage Graduate School, Albany, N.Y.: Daniel Gildart, of Portland, has received a Master of Science in Childhood Education. DEAN’S LISTS Bentley University, Waltham, Mass.: Anthony Villandry and Alex Villandry, Biddeford; Kelley O’Brion, Cumberland; Courtney […]
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March 30, 2011

Greater Portland Briefly, March 30, 2011

FALMOUTH JEFF FOLTZ, author of “Birkebeiner, A story of Motherhood and War,” will speak at the Maine Nordmenn meeting, held at 6:30 p.m. April 7 at Emmaus Lutheran Church, 265 Middle Road. The American Birkebeiner is one of the longest Nordic ski races in North America. B Foltz, of Camden, is a Nordic skier who […]

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