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Published
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. […]
Published
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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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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