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April 14, 2010

Military Notes

Air Force Airman Ashlee L. LaBrie graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. She is the daughter of James Jones of North Attleboro, Mass., and Christina Boyle of Scarborough. LaBrie is a 2007 graduate of Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School in Franklin, Mass. Army Capt. Caroline Kennedy, […]
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April 14, 2010

Potluck

Today Spaghetti supper, 5 to 8 p.m., hosted by Gov. Baldacci to benefit Preble Street Center. Held at Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland. Thursday Community Meal with roast pork, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Per person $4. Friday Friday lunch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 […]
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April 14, 2010

Regional Events

BATH YMCA puts play in day The Bath Area Family YMCA will hold a “Put Play in Your Day” Healthy Kids Day event from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday at 303 Centre St. The free public event will include games, refreshments, entertainment and sports. For details, call 443-4112 or visit www.bathymca.org. PeaceWorks Haiti […]
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April 14, 2010

College Notes April 14

Faculty awards Bowdoin College, Brunswick: Craig McEwen, Daniel B. Fayerweather professor of political economy and sociology, and senior faculty fellow in the McKeen Center for the Common Good, has received the Maine Campus Compact’s 2010 Donald Harward Faculty Award for Service-Learning Excellence. Saint Joseph’s College, Standish: The American College of Health Care Administrators has selected […]
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April 7, 2010

Perkins: Fire department helps those who help

Tim Tripp of is slowly transitioning into a position with the Raymond Fire Department. The 18-year-old says the fire department keeps him out of trouble. “I wanted to do something with my life,” he says. “But I wasn’t sure what.” This spring, Tripp will graduate from Westbrook Regional Vocational Center where he’s enrolled in Public […]

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April 7, 2010

Happy trails and training

A Conservation Corps academy teaches the people who will be working in Maine's parks and wilderness areas.
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April 7, 2010

Student videos fight bullying

Bonny Eagle's Civil Rights Team and Drama Club are inspired by a motivational speaker.
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April 7, 2010

Students seek celebrities’ help for project

North Yarmouth Memorial School's Chikumbuso is designed to support a village in Zambia.
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April 7, 2010

Les Franco Americains: UMaine budget cuts threaten Franco Center, programs

Proposed budget cuts to the University of Maine’s Modern Languages and Classics majors are opposed by professors and Franco-Americans at the Orono campus. Budget cuts are proposed because the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences needs to reduce expenses by 20 percent by 2014. Challenging the proposed cuts are professors and the academic staff at […]
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April 7, 2010

Births

Several area hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available at http://preprod.pressherald.com/readerservices/Birth_Announcement.html For more information, please call 791-6300. Maine Medical Center Robert Andrew Donald Grindel, born March 14 to Michael and Stacey Grindel, Standish. Grandparents: Kathleen Bent, Raymond; Charles Wilson, Buxton; Robert […]

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