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May 12, 2010

Pet Pourri

ANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE The following dog is available for adoption from the Animal Refuge League at 449 Stroudwater St., Westbrook. For more information, call 854-9771 or visit www.arlgp.org. Louie, 7-year-old neutered male beagle mix, is well loved at the shelter. Before he was born Louie’s mother contracted distemper, and he has some physical quirks as […]
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May 12, 2010

Potluck

Thursday Community Meal with chowder and sandwich, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. $4 per person. 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. Mama […]
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May 12, 2010

Regional Events, May 12

KENNEBUNKPORT Business after hours The Seashore Trolley Museum will host a Business After Hours event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 19 at 195 Log Cabin Road. Admission is $5 for Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce members and $10 for all others. For more details, e-mail info@visitthekennebunks.com. BATH Garden club plant sale The Bath Garden Club […]
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May 12, 2010

Reunions

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 […]
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May 12, 2010

College Notes

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 […]

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May 12, 2010

Greater Portland Events, May 12

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 […]
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May 12, 2010

Honor Roll

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. […]
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May 5, 2010

Blood Drives

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., […]
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May 5, 2010

Faith takes teens a long way

A Saco youth group gets invited to perform its original human video at a national arts fest in August.
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May 5, 2010

Les Franco Americains: French took early steps in, around New World

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. […]

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