Community News

Published
March 3, 2010

Military Notes, March 3, 2010

Dionna A. Hemingway has enlisted in the Iowa Army National Guard. Hemingway is a heavy construction equipment operator assigned to the 831st Engineer Company, Burlington, Iowa. She is the daughter of Dale Hemingway, Harrison, and Tina Cary of Otisfield. Marine Corps Pvt. Michael S. Pilz, a 2009 graduate of Bonny Eagle High School, Standish, recently […]
Published
March 2, 2010

Staying in step with Parkinson’s

A program at Quarry Hill in Camden helps Parkinson’s Disease patients maintain their mobility and have a rocking good time.
Published
February 28, 2010

Honor roll: Cape Elizabeth High School

Cape Elizabeth High School, second quarter Seniors – High Honors: Nell Britton, Jay Cushing, Hannah Doss, Stephen Homa, Katherine Lavallee, John Menz, William Pierce. Honors: Emily Attwood, Jonathan Bass, Niles Bond, Amelia Bothel, Devon Bottomley, Elizabeth Briggs, Peter Brigham, Thomas Campbell, Macauley Cliffe, Olivia DeSena, Gabrielle Donahue, Matthew Donovan, Samuel Eisenberg, Matthew Feeman, Graham Findley, […]
Published
February 28, 2010

College Notes, Feb. 24, 2010

Dean's list from St. Joseph's College and others
Published
February 24, 2010

Births, Feb. 24, 2010

Several local hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available at http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/readerservices/submitbirthannounce.html For more information, please call 791-6300. Mercy Hospital May Lauren Austin, born Nov. 15 to Christopher and Lauren Austin, Falmouth. Grandparents, James and Randa Lohmeyer, Portland; John and Judith Austin, Portland. […]

Published
February 24, 2010

Spreading the word

A coalition of Westbrook churches are working to let people know about social services that are available.
Published
February 24, 2010

Haiti relief engages Franco-Americans

Franco-American and French-Canadian humanitarian groups are among those urgently responding to the needs of victims of Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake. More than 200,000 people were killed in Haiti’s capital Port au Prince as a result of the earthquake. Haiti’s crisis is reported by the United Nations to be the worst humanitarian disaster to devastate one […]
Published
February 24, 2010

Potluck

Thursday Community Meal with smothered beef, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Per person $4. Free dinner, 6 p.m., and introduction to the Alpha Christian life program, continues five weeks. First Congregational Church, 141 North St., Kennebunkport. For adults. Soup and bread Lenten supper, 6 p.m., followed by compline at 6:30 p.m., Holy […]
Published
February 24, 2010

Slow snow riders turn heads

Scott Anderson and friends get plenty of looks while scooting around at ice fishing derbies and winter carnivals. They are part of the “Iron Butt Vintage Riders Club,” a group bent on resurrecting old snow-riding equipment. The name reflects the fact that this old stuff doesn’t ride like a modern snowmobile. Their motto is “Shocks […]
Published
February 24, 2010

Greater Portland Events

GRAY Extension beekeeping class University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County is offering a beginner beekeeping course starting March 3. The course is five sessions from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Maine Forest Service facility in Gray. Instructors Tony Jadczake, Maine State Apiarist, and Marc Plaisted, an experienced beekeeper, will lead […]