Grants total $828,900. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announce 11 federal grants totaling $828,900 to provide arts instruction to children, conserve cultural heritage and provide art projects to underserved communities throughout Maine.The following organizations received funding:Maine Arts Commission, $596,400 to support the ongoing general activities of arts promotion.Maine Arts Commission, […]

PORTLAND – Bishop Joseph J. Gerry, OSB, announces the following assignments for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland:Deacon Dean Lachance, serving as parish coordinator at Our Lady of Good Hope, Camden, will be parish coordinator at St. Andrew Parish, Augusta.The Rev. Michael Seavey, serving as pastor of St. Andrew Parish, Augusta, will be pastor of […]

LEWISTON – The following births are announced at Central Maine Medical Center:Anna Louise Cote, a girl to Claire and Daniel Cote of Auburn, May 27. Sibling, Paige. Grandparents, Dan and Janice Cote of Lewiston, Robert and Irene Dobbin of Northern Ireland; great-grandparents, Armand and Madeleine Cote of Sabattus, Harold and Vera Soukup of Southwest Harbor, […]

BRUNSWICK – Ten Maine high school students have been named winners of the fifth annual Maine Student Writing Awards. More than 275 students from 50 schools submitted manuscripts. The annual competition is the only contest of its kind for young Maine writers. It is sponsored by Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, the Maine Department of […]

The event will feature 20 experts on 19th century matters ranging from making butter to politics. FARMINGTON – Nineteenth century life in northern New England is the focus of a humanities conference this week at the University of Maine at Farmington.The event, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 5 to 7, will feature 20 experts on […]

PORTLAND – The Maine Humanities Council is looking for 20 Maine teachers in its effort to put Portland’s Henry Wadsworth Longfellow back in the classroom.They are invited to apply for the two-year seminar, “Longfellow and the Forging of American Identity,” an initiative recently funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.Starting July 20 to 25 […]

Recipients were encouraged to continue their education. AUBURN – Citing their persistence, hard work and achievement, the Central Maine Technical College Adult Education Partnership has presented the first annual Courage to Grow Awards to outstanding participants in adult education programs in Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford, Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties.College President Scott Knapp encouraged the recipients […]

NEWRY – The Maine Elks Association installed officers for the association year on May 4 at the Sunday River Ski Resort. The session also served as the kickoff for the Maine Elks 75th anniversary.Serving as installing officer was Walter Morrison of the Presque Isle Lodge. Installed as state president was James Ferland, representing the Presque […]

LEWISTON – The following births have been recorded at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center:William Louis Oppenheimer-Modlin, a boy to Ebonne Modlin and Louis Oppenheimer of Lewiston, May 28. Grandparents, Esperanza and Louis Oppenheimer Jr. of the Bronx, N.Y., Elizabeth and William Modlin of Boston/Dorchester, Mass.; great-grandparents, Gloria Fuentes and Louis Oppenheimer of the Bronx, N.Y., […]

LEWISTON – The following birth is announced at Central Maine Medical Center:Abigail Elizabeth Peterson, a girl to Nichole and Michael Peterson of New Gloucester, May 24. Sibling, Cody. Grandparents, Karen and Warren Austin of Oxford, Troy and Lisa Peterson of Durham, Elizabeth Merrill of New Gloucester; great-grandparents, Robert Merrill of New Gloucester, Evelyn Webber of […]