Community News

Published
November 3, 2010

Births, Nov. 3, 2010

Bridgton Hospital Hunter Riley Pyles, born Sept. 20 to Kimberly Sargent and Dustin Pyles, Casco. Haley Claire Hamlin, born Sept. 24 to Ryan Hamlin and Amanda Gray, Naples. Grandparents: Elaine and Vernon Griffin, Naples; Alan and Dawn Gray, Portland; Belinda Hamlin, Naples. Great-grandparents: Walter and Joyce Brown, West Paris. Mason Rylan Anderton, born Sept. […]
Published
October 27, 2010

Lakes Region: Conservation groups aim to preserve Randall Orchards

A large land conservation effort is afoot in the Lakes Region at the well-known Randall Orchards in Standish. The Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, with the help of the Maine Farmland Trust, recently submitted a Land for Maine’s Future grant application to protect the 500-acre block. Recession or not, 500 acres of farmland just minutes from […]
Published
October 27, 2010

For pregnant women: Making a fleeting time last forever

Pregnant women are invited to get a plaster cast made of their bellies in Biddeford on Thursday.
Published
October 27, 2010

Births, Oct. 27, 2010

SOUTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER Hunter Dennis Cormier, born Sept. 16 to Earl and Suzanne Coolbroth Cormier, Springvale. Grandparents: Dennis and Jean Coolbroth, Lyman; Dennis and Cheryl Cormier, Lebanon. CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER Lorelai Payton Cesario, born Sept. 30 to James and Amanda Cesaro, Lisbon Falls. ST. MARY’S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Connor Michael CaStelli, […]
Published
October 27, 2010

Events, Oct. 27, 2010

PORTLAND Final Choices film screening There will be a screening of “A Family Undertaking” at 7 p.m. Friday at the Allen Avenue UU Church, with a discussion to follow. The evening is sponsored by Final Choices, a committee dedicated to affordable end-of-life choices that are gentle to the earth and meaningful to family and friends. […]

Published
October 27, 2010

Potluck, Oct. 27, 2010

THURSDAY Community meal with baked chicken, 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 Washington Ave., Portland. Haddock chowder: $7; lobster roll: $7; egg salad: $4; other items available; free delivery for 10 or more orders. Chicken pie supper, […]
Published
October 27, 2010

Briefly, Oct. 27, 2010

STANDISH THE PRESUMPSCOT Regional Land Trust, with the help of the Maine Farmland Trust, has submitted a Land for Maine’s Future grant to protect 500 acres in Standish. The property includes Randall Orchards. If the conservation project receives the grant, it will be the first awarded to the Buxton, Gorham and Standish area. The property […]
Published
October 27, 2010

Military Notes, Oct. 27, 2010

Todd A. Thompson and John-Justin W. Marcigliano have graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash. Thompson is the son of Fred and stepson of Cathy Thompson of Westbrook and is a 2005 graduate of Westbrook High School. Marcigliano […]
Published
October 27, 2010

Reunions, Oct. 27, 2010

HIGH SCHOOL Portland High School, Class of 1944, today at Parker’s Restaurant, 1349 Washington Ave., Portland. Social hour at 12:30 p.m. and lunch at 1:15 p.m. with ordering from a special menu. Contact Jeanne Eskilson Smaha or 775-1546 or e-mail jhchilds27@hotmail.com. MILITARY Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association (NCVA-NE), New England Chapter, Oct. 29 to 31, […]
Published
October 26, 2010

Juliana L’Heureux: Franco-Americans in print

Maine’s French language newspapers were once delivered daily to households in cities like Lewiston and Biddeford, where significant numbers of Franco-Americans lived and worked. Robert B. Perreault writes in the essay, “The Franco-American Press: An Historical Overview,” published in the anthology “Steeples and Smokestacks,” that the French press in New England dates as far back […]