Community News

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April 14, 2010

Faculty award

University of Southern Maine: The Maine Humanities Council has presented the Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize to professor Joseph A. Conforti. The prize was established in 1998 to honor Carlson, a founding member of the Maine Humanities Council and the first woman president of a University of Maine System campus. Conforti founded the American […]
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April 14, 2010

Greater Portland events

SOUTH PORTLAND VNA Hospice training Hospice is hosting volunteer training from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday at VNA Home Health & Hospice Office, 50 Foden Road. Training will continue April 26, May 3 and 10. Participants should bring their own lunch. To register, contact Ann Costello at 400-8726 or costellowa@vnahomehealth.org. Cancer buddy program […]
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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.