TOGUS – Twenty volunteers and members of the Maine Law Enforcement Officers’ Association spent four hours Sunday afternoon filling 53 Christmas baskets with frozen turkeys, fresh vegetables, canned goods, breads and desserts to be distributed by member agencies to needy families in Maine.“For the second year in a row, Christmas baskets were filled with a […]

AUGUSTA – The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has created a Maine Tree Club, a two-year educational program that will begin in January. The program is co-sponsored by the Maine Forest Service, the Pine Tree State Arboretum and the Pine Tree State 4H Foundation.Participants will learn about 50 forest tree species of Maine by receiving […]

NORWAY – The following birth is announced at Stephens Memorial Hospital:Adam Harvey Belanger, a boy to Nicole Foster and Corey Belanger of Norway, Dec. 22. Grandparents, Rebecca Dorsey of Norway, Sylvia Belanger and Randy Belanger of Portland.St. Mary’sLEWISTON – Announcement is made of the following births at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center:Mercedes Genovive Hatch, a […]

LEWISTON – Announcement is made of the following births at Central Maine Medical Center:Kaleb Jordan and Kameron Christopher Irish, twins to Kendra Small of Lewiston, Dec. 16. Grandparents, Jerry Irish and Samantha Irish of Bridgton; great-grandparents, Gerry and Richard Small of Bridgton: great-great-grandmother, Harriet Osgood of Lewiston.Max Henderson Rowe, a boy to Suzanne and Thomas […]

WILTON – The town office in Wilton is scheduled to be closed today, Friday, Dec. 26. It will reopen Monday with normal hours. A chart in Tuesday and Wednesday’s Franklin editions should have indicated that the Wilton office would be closed. The information was incorrectly reported by the Sun Journal.

BRIDGTON – Bridgton Hospital announces the following birth:Jeremy Scott Labreque, a boy to Melissa A. and Scott E. Labreque of Windham, Dec. 19. Siblings: Joshua and Justin. Grandparents, Fred and Marcia Stone of Casco, Dick and Mary Lou Labreque of Standish.St. Mary’sLEWISTON – St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center announces the following births:Aiden James Plourde, a […]

The majority of Americans favor the reining in of fat and sugar promotion.A commission led by state Rep. Margaret Craven is working to address the obesity problem in Maine.Sunday’s page D1 used incorrect words in the headline and text of an article submitted by Sean Faircloth, Kelly D. Brownell and David S. Ludwig.

LEWISTON – John Monaghan is cancer patient Diane Marquis’ significant other.A photo cutline on Sunday’s A8 incorrectly identified Monaghan’s relationship to Marquis.

CHARLESTON – Impressing Memories, a firm that specializes in creating personalized products using the dye sublimation process, announces Operation: Mug a Troop, which will provide a free troop appreciation mug, personalized with the troop’s name and rank.Operation: Mug a Troop will give approximately 100 personalized mugs to the 619th Co. of Auburn.Kerry Birmingham, state director […]

AUBURN – The names of dentists Bruce Gallup and Terry Wang were reversed in a Noteworthy photograph caption on Sunday’s page F2.