AUBURN – A local sports brief in Wednesday’s paper should have stated that the shotgun start for the 2003 Rev. Peter C. Conroy Memorial Golf Tournament at Fox Ridge Golf Club on Sunday will be 8 a.m.

AUBURN – To clarify an accident reported in the police log on Thursday: Vehicles driven by Shawn S. Lemieux, 16, of Auburn, and Patrick M. Conway, 21, of Auburn collided on Court Street after Lemieux pulled onto the street into Conway’s path, according to police. Lemieux had first stopped at a stop sign before proceeding. […]

LEWISTON – A story on page B2 in Wednesday’s City edition should have noted that 16 Bates College juniors and seniors will take a semester-long environmental studies seminar Introduction to the Study of the City (of Lewiston). The number of participants was incorrectly reported by the Sun Journal.

GORHAM – USM celebrates its 125th year Friday, Sept. 19, through Sunday, Sept. 21, with a Homecoming Weekend that invites the public as well as alumni and students’ families to campus. Among other festivities, this homecoming will feature a children’s concert by USM alumni Rick Charette, barbecue and a free band concert on the lawn […]

ORONO – Twenty-three educators completed the 2003 Maine Writing Project at the University of Maine this summer. Sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development, the invitational program is providing a force of trained writing instructors for students and other teachers.The teachers improve their own skills through specialized training and make a commitment to […]

LEWISTON – The following births are announced at Central Maine Medical Center:Dekoda Alan Scott, a boy to Jennifer Marie Greene and Leslie Alan Scott of Lewiston, Sept. 3. Siblings, Michael, Gage, Salissa. Grandparents, Marsha and Mike Greene of Lewiston, Debbie and Ernest Scott of Alpine, Wyo.; great-grandparents, Elizabeth and Duwayne Simmons of Sarasota, Fla., Bernard […]

AUGUSTA – The Maine Education Leadership Consortium announces the award of grants to 12 Maine teachers to participate in a process leading to national board certification.The $2,300 grants are made possible by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and matching funds from several public organizations. Area recipients are listed below.Pamela Davis, graduated from University […]

BATH – Pine Tree Camp will host Maine’s first Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease Retreat on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14.“It will be a great opportunity to connect with new people, relax and rejuvenate in a beautiful and fully accessible setting,” said Teresa Barrow, director of the Parkinson’s Program at Pine Tree Society.Karen Bardo, […]

NORWAY – Stephens Memorial announces the following births:Connor Alan Corbett, a boy to Michelle and Corey Corbett of Auburn, Aug. 25. Grandparents, E. Dean Labbe III and Joan Quinn of Oxford, Roger Alan Corbett of South Paris, Margaret Ann Quirk of of San Clemente, Calif. Sibling, Michael Anthony.Cora Ruth Barker, a girl to Kim Kilgore […]

MONMOUTH – The Maine Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation annual meeting will take place at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13.The meeting will begin with a tour of the chestnut breeding orchard at the University of Maine’s Highmoor Farm where the Maine Chapter has planted 1,400 hybrid American chestnuts. The trees are part of a […]