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Published
September 25, 2014

Births

Several area hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available here. For more information, please call 791-6300. Maine Medical Center Annika Saoirse Best, born Aug. 13 to Michael and Maureen Best, Portland. Grandparents: Raymond and Geraldine Wynne, Portland; Kathleen Best, Westbrook; Mary Best, Nevis, […]
Published
September 25, 2014

Walking a circuitous path to peace of mind

The Raymond Village Community Church is installing a portable canvas labyrinth in its vestry, where it can be experienced by the public from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Published
September 25, 2014

Briefs

WELLS School district’s website increases photo sharing The Wells-Ogunquit Community School District website has been upgraded to include an interactive feature that allows the posting of digital photos with accompanying written commentary about events happening within the district using the social media service Instagram. According to the district’s technology director, Michael Richards, people can track […]
Published
September 25, 2014

Events

BERWICK Special Olympics benefit to take place Saturday The Second Annual Amy’s Run-Walk, a 5K run or mile walk benefiting Maine School Administrative District 60’s Special Olympics program, will be held Saturday morning at Vivian E. Hussey School, 20 Blackberry Hill Road. The walk was founded in memory of Amy Harris, a beloved special education […]
Published
September 22, 2014

Potluck

Wednesday Ladies/Community breakfast, 7 to 9 a.m., St. Luke’s Catholic Church, Lake Street, Rangeley. Free meal, 5 to 6 p.m., My Place Teen Center, Foster Street entrance, Westbrook. Offered in collaboration by Wayside Food Program, Trinity Lutheran Church and the Center. Roast chicken, baked potato, dessert, 5 to 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 832, 50 Peary […]

Published
September 22, 2014

College Notes

Graduations Bentley University, Waltham, Mass.: Troy Beauregard, Old Orchard Beach, magna cum laude. Lasell College, Newton, Mass.: Alisa Sweet, Portland. Advanced Degrees Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, Amy Morin, Lewiston, master’s degree in occupational therapy.
Published
September 22, 2014

School Notes

National Merit Scholarship semifinalists have been announced for 2015. Nationally, about 16,000 high school seniors (about 1 percent) receive the designation based on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test with the highest scoring students from each state qualifying. Area schools are listed alphabetically by town. The students are: Morse High School, Bath: Balthasar Von […]
Published
September 22, 2014

Reunions

HIGH SCHOOLS Portland High School, Class of 1954, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 10, luncheon at Fireside Inn, Riverside Street, Portland. The cost is $20 per person. For details and address to mail checks, contact Roberta (Snow) Platts at 772-9026, or Carol (Ross) Mikkelsen at 773-7491. Deering High School, Class of 1963, 5 p.m. […]
Published
September 22, 2014

Military Notes

Army Maj. Shannon T. Way received the Army Space Badge during a ceremony Sept. 3 at the Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command headquarters building at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. He is currently serving as plans integration officer with Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic, Peterson Air Force Base, […]
Published
September 22, 2014

Briefs

WELLS Ceremony marks reopening of renovated athletic fields Wells-Ogunquit Community School District officials and students and members of the community recently gathered at Wells Junior High School for a celebratory reopening ceremony of the Forbes Field Athletic Complex. The athletic field, named after the late Vander and Marguerite Forbes in 1988, had been closed for […]

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