BANGOR – The management, employees and customers of VIP Parts, Tires and Service have raised $67,984 for Ricky Craven’s charity, surpassing last year’s donation of $27,475.75. A check was presented to Craven on Jan. 30.The fund-raising involved employees at VIP’s 51 stores throughout Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.The presentation marked the launch of the annual […]

Gov. John Baldacci’s health care proposals reported on Thursday’s page A1 should have noted that Republicans want to delay expanding the MaineCare component of the Dirigo health care plan until 18 months after the July 1 startup date for Dirigo. The expansion would increase the number of low-income people eligible under the program.

AUGUSTA – Matthew Polstein’s surname and his business name, Twin Pines Rentals in Millinocket, was incorrect on Wednesday’s page A8.

BIDDEFORD – High school students from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will compete in a battle of scientific wits as participants in the 2004 Nor’Easter Bowl on Saturday, Feb. 7, at the University of New England in Biddeford.Teams will be challenged with multiple-choice, short-answer and team-effort questions that will cover all aspects of ocean science, […]

FARMINGTON – Alice James Books publishes one winner and up to three runner-ups from its national Beatrice Hawley Award contest, and two winners from the New England/New York Award contest. The information in Friday’s ARTS Etc., section on page C20 was incorrect.

BOOTHBAY – The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is offering an opportunity for 16 Maine high school juniors to work with oceanographers in marine research.The 15th annual High School Science Program is scheduled for May 9 to 13 and the deadline for applications is March 5. The program is called the Keller BLOOM Program.The research […]

DAMARISCOTTA – The Mid-Maine Rose Society will meet for a brown bag lunch at noon Sunday, Feb. 1, at Hodgdon Green, Damariscotta Village. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m.Speaker will be Eliza Sweet on “Landscaping with Roses.” The People, Places and Plants Flower Show will be held from Feb. 28 to March 7 in […]

LEWISTON – The following births have been announced at Central Maine Medical Center:Jackson Robert Berry, a boy to Robert and Lisa Berry of Mechanic Falls, Jan. 15. Siblings, Benjamin and Nathaniel. Grandparents, Robert and Trudy Berry of Embden, Robert and Joyce Gillespie of Guilford; great-grandparents, Bruce Grindle of Weymouth, Mass., Gertrude and Coburn Waugh of […]

BERLIN, N.H. – Androscoggin Valley Hospital announces the following birth:Paul Joseph Fortier III, a boy to Paula and Paul Fortier of Gorham, Jan. 12. Grandparents, Arthur and Donna Martel of Berlin, Donna Fortier of Milan. Siblings, Trisha and Natasha.ParkviewBRUNSWICK – Announcement is made of the following birth at Parkview Adventist Medical Center:Kyle Matthew George Ferris, […]

Paris police officer Harry Sims, the school resource officer at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, identified the youth who confessed to producing counterfeit $20 bills. The information was incorrectly reported in the Sun Journal.