PORTLAND Red Cross Southern Maine Chapter recognizes volunteers for outstanding achievements Recently, the American Red Cross recognized its top volunteers with the Clara Barton Award. These individuals embody the organization’s core values of compassion, commitment, credibility, creativity and collaboration. The American Red Cross Southern Maine Chapter recognized John Leeming of Cumberland as the 2023 Clara […]

ACTON New accessible-design trail and picnic area opens in Acton Three Rivers Land Trust will celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday with an opening event and speaker, to be held in conjunction with the completion of the Goat Hill Trail and summit, an accessible-design project many years in the works. Located at 1205 H Road, […]

WELLS Elementary students exceed reading goal, eat lunch with special guests Wells Elementary School students participated in the reading incentive program “Get Fired Up For Reading” this spring, logging a combined total of 170,000 minutes of reading in one month’s time and far exceeding their original goal by over 97,000 minutes. Principal Kyle Burnell said […]

SOUTH PORTLAND Holy Cross students in South Portland meet veteran pen pals After months of exchanging messages of hope and kindness, by exchanging letters in the mail, third grade students at Holy Cross School recently met their pen pals, who are senior residents of the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough. Holy Cross third grade teacher […]

WELLS The National Honor Society at WHS inducts new members The Wells High School chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) held its annual induction ceremony for new members April 10 at the Valjeane Olenn Performing Arts Center. According to WHS English teacher and chapter adviser Ann Bechan, 29 students were inducted. They are: Grace […]

PORTLAND Odyssey of the Mind team seeking sponsors for World Finals trip Amanda C. Rowe Elementary School’s Odyssey of the Mind team has qualified for the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals, to be held May 24-27 at Michigan State University, at East Lansing, Mich. Odyssey of the Mind (OM) is an international creativity competition […]

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