WATERFORD — Waterford Sports & Recreation will offer trips and activities this fall. Lighthouse field trip: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, leaving from the Waterford Town Office. A community field trip will visit Portland Breakwater, Portland Headlight, Ram Island Light, Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, Bug Light and Two Lights State Park. Lunch will be at […]
August 2017
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Alfred M. Senter Fund seeks applications
BRUNSWICK — The committee for the Alfred M. Senter Fund, a private charitable trust to benefit residents of Brunswick, Durham, Harpswell, Lisbon, Topsham, West Bath and Bath, is soliciting requests for grants. Alfred Senter’s wish was that public charities benefiting from the Fund be involved in promoting the cultural, educational, environmental and general health and […]
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Social Security workshop at CMCC
AUBURN — The Center for Workforce and Professional Development at Central Maine Community College will offer a workshop on maximizing Social Security benefits from 5:45 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at 1250 Turner St. The course is designed to help pre-retirees navigate the complicated and multifaceted Social Security payout options to help ensure they […]
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SeniorsPlus offering balance screenings, educational classes in September
LEWISTON — The SeniorsPlus Education Center has announced September events. Unless stated otherwise, classes are free and located at 8 Falcon Road. Using a Kindle Fire: 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, with Tim Verrill. This is an introduction to Kindle Fire and will discuss how to make the most of an Amazon device. The […]
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Volunteer leadership conference planned
AUGUSTA — Volunteer Leadership in a Changing World is the theme of the 31st Blaine House Conference on Service and Volunteerism. According to organizers at the Maine Commission for Community Service, Tobi Johnson, president of Tobi Johnson & Associates, will be the featured speaker Oct. 10 at the University of Maine in Orono. She will […]
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Lewiston library to host Ye Olde Shakespeare Week events
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Public Library is featuring Ye Olde Shakespeare Week from Tuesday, Sept. 5, to Saturday, Sept. 9. Some examples of events (not including the trivia and scavenger hunts at the library) are listed: Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 7 to 9, at 6 p.m.: “Twelfth Night,” set in 1950s San Francisco, performed by […]
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In Iraq: Fighting continues against ISIS
President Barack Obama’s 2011 decision to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq was not based on the political and security conditions within the country. Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign determined the withdrawal timetable. Obama intended to sell himself as a war-ender no matter the real world conditions. No debate — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Iraqi government […]
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Funeral notices for Friday, Aug. 25
DUTIL — Roger C., 81, a resident of Auburn, died in Lewiston on Wednesday, Aug. 23. A funeral Mass honoring Roger’s life will be celebrated Monday at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Church. Committal prayers will follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday from 6-9 p.m. at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch […]
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Roger C. Dutil
LEWISTON — Roger C. Dutil, 81, of Auburn died unexpectedly Wednesday, Aug. 23, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. He was born in Lewiston on Aug. 5, 1936, the son of the late Armand A. and Marie Anna (Baillargeon) Dutil, and had been a resident of this community all of his life. He was a […]