LEWISTON – The following births are announced at Central Maine Medical Center:Erica Lynn Taylor, a girl to Wendy Jo and Shane Eric Taylor of Auburn, May 10. Sibling, Devyn. Grandparents, Gloria and Bruce Goddard of Auburn, Anita and C. Scott Taylor of Monmouth; great-grandparents, Connie and Charlie Bouchles of Tucson, Ariz., Dorothy Howard and Norma […]

AUGUSTA – Staff Sgt. Ted D. Brissette of Durham, of the 101st Air Refueling Wing’s Security Forces Squadron in Bangor, has been named a noncommissioned officer nominee for the Maine Air National Guard’s Outstanding Airman of the Year. The announcement was made by Brig. Gen. John Bubar, assistant adjutant general, at Camp Keyes.Brissette enlisted in […]

WATERVILLE – Erica Gallant of Peru represented Thomas College students during a beam-raising ceremony for a 100-bed high tech residence hall at the college. A senior management major and president of the Student Senate at Thomas, Gallant spoke to the faculty, staff, students and alumni at the ceremony before climbing in an industrial lift.It carried […]

AUBURN – Eleven area students recently graduated from certified nursing assistant training through Mid-State College Department of Continuing EducationStudents successfully completing the program were: Laurie Courtemanche, Auburn; Beverly Coolidge, Dixfield; Helga Carapetyan, Freeport; Travis Leonard, Greene; Amber McLaughlin, Harrison; Shannon Poirier, Lewiston; Ai Justin Twitchell, Lewiston; William Navarro, Sumner; Peter Michaud, Waterville; Heather Smith, Whitefield; […]

AUBURN – The Child Health Center’s Big Brothers Big Sister program announces the top five individual fund-raisers for the 2003 Androscoggin Bowl for Kids’ Sake as follows: Dede Medlen, Alison Jacobs, Jamie Allie, Mike Cole and John Cyr.Each was offered a choice of prizes donated by local sponsors, including two art works by Irene Duplissis […]

Awards will be presented at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the State House Hall of Flags. AUGUSTA – The Maine Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports, Health and Wellness will present its fifth annual Contest for Communities awards at a celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the State House Hall […]

SOUTHPORT ISLAND – The opening of Marylouise Cowan’s garden scheduled for Thursday and noted on page B3 of Spotlight in Saturday’s paper is not happening this year. The information was incorrectly submitted to the Sun Journal.

LEWISTON – The following births are announced at Central Maine Medical Center:Erin Noelle White, a girl to Stacy and Michael White of Lewiston, May 6. Sibling, Adam. Grandparents, Thomas and Pamela House of Bryant Pond, Rita White of Lisbon Falls, Robert and Cathy White of Poland Spring.Abigail Ann LaChance, a girl to Kimberly and Michael […]

AUGUSTA – Mid-State College will hold an Adult, Child and Infant CPR course Friday, May 16, at 8:30 a.m. on the Augusta campus, 218 Water St. The cost is $55 for Mid-State College students, faculty, staff and alumni, and $65 for others. To register, people can visit the administrative offices at the college’s Augusta or […]

AUBURN — The 2002 Western Maine Envirothon will be Friday, May 16, at the Auburn Land Lab. It’s one of five regional competitions. The state competition will be Thursday, May 29, at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth.The envirothon is a competition for high school students from grades nine to 12. There are five categories: soils, aquatics, […]