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Published
December 26, 2011

Military Notes

Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Mark Amero was recently promoted to his current rank. Amero, a student in the Electromechanical Technology program at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, is on special duty to complete the ELT program. He is a native of Gloucester, Mass, and resides in Auburn. He has served in the […]
Published
December 26, 2011

Don Perkins: Landowner, groups preserve watershed

Thanks to a very generous landowner in Harrison, the Western Foothills Land Trust and Portland Water District now have a conservation easement on 690 acres between the Crooked River and Weston Farm Road. Owned by the Watkins family, the acreage is one of the largest parcels in the town of Harrison. The land, which is […]
Published
December 23, 2011

Juliana L’Heureux: Fall edition of Le Forum packed with Franco-American info

Congratulations to the University of Maine’s Franco-American journal “Le Forum” for 40 years of publication. The recently published fall edition is packed with 51 pages of Franco-American culture, history, genealogy, book reviews, poetry and photographs. Even dahlia growers have a nice feature to read in “Obsessed with Dahlias” by Ron Sirois, of Holden. This enjoyable […]
Published
December 23, 2011

Juliana L’Heureux: Reader looking to build pride in French heritage

Eleanor Dunnell, 87, of Buxton has a good idea about how families can give one another thoughtful holiday gifts by researching genealogies for future generations. She’s spent many years researching her family’s multiple genealogies, gathering information for her children, nephews and nieces. “I don’t think enough young people know about their heritages, but they should,” […]
Published
December 19, 2011

Honor Roll: Scarborough High School

FIRST QUARTER • SENIORS High Honors: Dominique Burnham, Haley Carignan, Adam Cohen, Alison Davis, Daniel Farley, Garret Hazelwood, Alexander Henny, Kennedy Johnson, Alexander Kyte, Megan Loiselle, Samuel Moore, Lindsay Murphy, Kathryn Odden, Allison Orr, Sarah Pritchard, Susan Rundell, Mary Scott, Caitlin Stahl-Hodgkins, Emily Tolman, Mariah Volk Honors: Zachary Albahary, Benjamin Alper, Hannah Anderson, Dayna Ankermann, Samantha […]

Published
December 19, 2011

Honor Roll: York High School

FIRST QUARTER • SENIORS High Honors: Ellen Berrigan, Briana Eaton, Emily Horowitz, Michael King, Carolyn Lee, Anna Murphy, Conor O’Brien, Michael O’Connor, Aaron Prugar, Samantha Stocks, Francesca Tabora, Alana Thyng, Zoe Weston Honors: Sarah Baker, Rachel Barrows, Andrea Beaulieu, Devon Bettinson, Andrew Bird, Meghan Boria-Meyer, Jack Briggs, David Cartier, Lindsey Casey, Madison Cromwell, Hannah Daigneault, Craig […]
Published
December 19, 2011

Honor Roll: Westbrook High School

FIRST QUARTER SENIORS High Honors: Mikala Varela Honors: Trevor Driscoll, Elliott Gagnon, Andrea Giovanoli, Graham Strondak, Fred Thompson, Rachel Williams. JUNIORS High Honors: Ian Murray, Whitney Wallace Honors: Felicia Allen, Sierra Alley, Kevin Bois, Darren Brown, Katie Clark, Rachel Crawford, Ian Curran, Kimberly Duong, Aisha Errington, Sarah Hopkins, Mackenzie Kellogg, Andrew Lamson, Justin Ludka, Samantha Nealey, […]
Published
December 19, 2011

Honor Roll: Brunswick High School

FIRST QUARTER • SENIORS High Honors: Benjamin Blaisdell, Alexis Dickinson, Avery Ecker, Erin Eldridge, Suzanne Grover, Amy Jones, Ann Kelly, Abigail MacDonald, Jamie Mountainland, Erin Rutherford, Madeline Schneider, Joseph Walter, Makenzie Wardach, Benson Worthington, Hannah Wright Honors: Madison Andrews, Christopher Bayrd, Kate Bernier, Mitchell Black, Joseph Blair, Jasmine Boyle, Harrison Brown, Julia Brown, Christopher Bruno, Melanie […]
Published
December 19, 2011

School Notes

PRIVATE SCHOOL HONOR ROLLS Pomfret (Conn.) School: Jon Pate, a senior from Saco, earned honors. Westminster School, Simsbury, Conn.: Sophmores Katherine Pate of Saco and Erik Rost of Cumberland earned honors. AWARDS The Gorham Savings Bank “Anything is Possible” poster contest grand prize winner is Josie LeBlanc of Westbrook. She won $1,000 for her fifth-grade class at Congin […]
Published
December 19, 2011

Births

Several area hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available at www.pressherald.com/readerservices/Birth_Announcement.html For more information, please call 791-6300. Bridgton Hospital Jazmyn Izabella Fortin, born Nov. 9 to Justin Fortin and Heather Carpenter, Brownfield. Grandparents: Sharon Anderson, Brownfield; David Carpenter, Nantucket, Mass.; Linda Fortin, […]

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