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May 5, 2010

Greater Portland Briefs

AUBURN THE GOOD SHEPHERD Food-Bank has launched the Maine Farm, Dairy and Seafood Initiative in an effort to bring more nutritious Maine grown foods to people suffering from hunger in the state. The food bank has 11 partners including Bell Farms, Cozy Harbor Seafood, Cultivating Community, Jordan Farms, Mayberry Farm, Nova Seafood, Pineland Farms, Spiller […]
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May 5, 2010

Greater Portland Events

PORTLAND Author talk on ecology Sandra Steingraber will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Abromson Community Education Center, University of Southern Maine, on “The Ecology of Hope: Reflections on Parenting, Activism and the Environment.” Steingraber is an award-winning ecologist, Cornell University professor, mother, cancer survivor, former Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year and author […]
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May 5, 2010

Massabesic High School Honor Roll

Second quarter Grade 9 – High Honors: Jessica Bennett, Kathleen Duffy, Sarah Evans, Erica Guimond, Audrey Hoyle, Jazmyn Ireland, Kaelyn Kuni, Mallory McLaughlin, Casey Nava, John Secunde, Katherine Sobanik, Jacqueline Stolo, Andrea Thompson. Honors: Alexis Abbott, Jocelyn Acheson, Abbey Auger, Taylor Beaulieu, Kayla Belanger, Casey Berry, Kristen Boss, Brandon Bosse, Jonna Casoli, Sophia deAguilar, Nicholas […]
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May 5, 2010

Regional Events

BIDDEFORD Bingo supports Polio Plus Program The Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club will host a bingo game from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Rochambeau Club in Biddeford to support Rotary International’s Polio Plus Program. Doors will open at 8 a.m. Advance tickets are $15 which includes a package of 10 regular games of bingo […]
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May 5, 2010

Taste of the past

For a good cause, Camden Cake Walk participants get to visit historic inns and try homemade treats.

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May 5, 2010

USM student seeking peaks experience in Africa

Kaitlyn Oddy is hoping to summit the three highest points on the continent in 21 days and raise funds, too.
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May 5, 2010

Births

Mercy Hospital Gavin Michael Cataldi, born Feb. 20 to Anthony and Laurie Cataldi, Westbrook. Grandparents: Paul and Marlene Beauchesne, New Boston, N.H.; Gray Eaton, North Berwick and Arthurlene Eaton, Wells; Scott Cataldi, Cape Neddick. Mid Coast Hospital Bryce Robert Ward, born April 16 to Abram Sr. and Gretchen Chesley and Ward, Topsham. Grandparents: Kimberly and […]
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May 5, 2010

College Notes

University of Maine at Fort Kent Dean’s List, fall 2009 semester: Alfred: Owen Cunnane; Bowdoin: Michelle Young; Dixfield: Ashley Hanmer; Durham: Robert Mooney; Farmington: Sara Mulvey; Leeds: Laura Dacyczyn; Livermore: Tracey Martin; Mexico: Zhongling Cao, Ashley Duguay; Rockland: Ashlee Hale; Round Pond: Gregory Feltis; South Berwick: Lisa Desotelle; South Portland: Charissa Carter; Thomaston: Torey Frederick; […]
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May 5, 2010

Don Perkins: Curing MS becomes family affair

Connecticut and Maine have grown a little closer, thanks to a committed group of families working to support a cure for multiple sclerosis. The Soleburners is a fundraising team that began in Maine but now walks in Connecticut for MS each and every year. Nearly half a million Americans live with multiple sclerosis, a chronic […]
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May 5, 2010

Pet Pourri

TALL TAILS BEAGLE RESCUE The following dogs are available for adoption from Tall Tails Beagle Rescue in Falmouth. Visit www.talltailsbeaglerescue.petfinder.org or call 797-5392. Tall Tails will be at the Kennel Shop, 50 Market St., South Portland from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The store telephone number is 799-7282. Brewster is a neutered, male beagle-Manchester […]

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