Thomas the Tank Engine is rolling into Portland for the “Day Out With Thomas 2006: Come Ride The Rails Tour.” The event, which takes place Aug. 18-20 and Aug. 25-27, will be hosted by Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, at 58 Fore St. in Portland. This fun-filled family festival offers preschoolers and their families the opportunity […]

VNA Home Health Care is offering training classes for those interested in becoming hospice volunteers. A new training class will begin on Monday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. The class covers all aspects of volunteer hospice care and end of life issues. Successful completion of the training leads to certification and placement with an individual […]

Margery W. Eliscu, 81 Award-winning columnist Margery W. Eliscu, 81, a national award-winning columnist, died peacefully on July 27, 2006, at Piper Shores in Scarborough, following weeks of visits and tender loving care from her family and other loved ones, and after a long and valiant fight with cancer. Born on April 9, 1925, in […]

Free car wash The North Congregational Church is sponsoring a free car wash from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19, at 22 Church Lane, Buxton. Cars will be washed and vacuumed free at the church’s “Appreciation Day for the Community.” Hot dogs, soda and desserts will be on sale. Soccer sign up […]

For years, schoolchildren at Prides Corner School have gone home in the afternoons with splinters in their hands from the aging cedar jungle gym at the school’s playground, but that will no longer be a problem. Prides Corner kids will now be able to clamber and climb over a new plastic “playscape” with a soft […]

Bean supper – Saturday, Aug. 12, 5-6 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Two kinds of beans, hot dogs, coleslaw, American chop suey, Italian bread, pickles, relish, homemade pies and beverages. $6, $2. Lobster roll – Saturday, Aug. 12, 4:30-6 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 179 Ridgeland Ave., South Portland. Eat in or […]

The recent induction of Bruce Sutter into the Baseball Hall of Fame reminds us that we live in an ambivalent society, uncertain whether to champion versatility or specialization. On the one hand, multitasking is all the rage today, with residents in this increasingly mobile and fast-paced world doing two or more things at once, often […]

Madeline B. Greenwood Sylvia, 95 Nicknamed Tillie as a longtime waitress Madeline B. (Greenwood) Sylvia, 95, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2006, at Ledgewood Manor where she had been a resident since October 2005. She was born on Munjoy Hill in Portland, and grew up in Libbytown, the daughter of Walter H. and Grace E. […]

Madeline B. Greenwood Sylvia, 95 Nicknamed Tillie as a longtime waitress Madeline B. (Greenwood) Sylvia, 95, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2006, at Ledgewood Manor where she had been a resident since October 2005. She was born on Munjoy Hill in Portland, and grew up in Libbytown, the daughter of Walter H. and Grace E. […]

The new owner of the old Cumberland Mills police station plans to tear down the old building and construct a new medical office building on the site. Westbrook Director of Economic and Community Development Erik Carson said Maine Medical Partners, a subsidiary of Maine Medical Center closed on the property on Friday. The group plans […]