LEWISTON – St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center announces the following births:Emily Rae Strachan, a girl to Jamie Auger and Horace Strachan of Lewiston, April 4. Grandparents, Daniel Auger of Greene, Diane Auger of Lewiston, Calvin Strachan of St. Mary, Jamaica, Carmen Simpson of Bronx, N.Y.; great-grandparents, David Lowe of Kingston, Jamaica, Laurent and Patricia Cote […]

Lewiston • Dana Smith, 34, of 6 Hersey Hill School Road, Minot, arrested for disorderly conduct, 10 p.m. Friday at 97 Ash St.• Scott A. Aube, 28, of 434 Webster St., arrested for domestic violence assault and obstructing the reporting of a crime, 2:58 p.m. Saturday at 434 Webster St.• John W. Lamothe, 21, of […]

LEWISTON – The following births are announced at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center:Emilia Rhea DeSanctis, a girl to Kimberly and Derek DeSanctis of Stoneham, April 8. Sibling, Ayden. Grandparents, Edward and Monika Spooner of Stoneham, Anthony and Pauline DeSanctis of Auburn; great-grandparents, Jean Littlefield of Stoneham, Phyllis Hall of Sabattus, Gertrude DeSanctis of Lewiston.Colby Matthew […]

FARMINGTON – The following birth is announced at Franklin Memorial Hospital:Charlie Nathan Billings, a boy to Jennifer R. Averill and Charlie E. Billings of Carthage, March 21. Grandparents, Rhonda and Byron Ouellette of Mexico, George E. Averill Jr. and Timia Seager of Carthage, Hazel and Rick Martin of Rumford.CMMCLEWISTON – The following births are recorded […]

HOOKSETT, N.H. — Grange leaders from New England met here last month to discuss solutions to the crisis in the dairy industry.John Porter of the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension and Steve Taylor, the state’s commissioner of agriculture, said the major causes include: overproduction in the West, higher production costs in New England, loss […]

AUGUSTA – The American Cancer Society’s annual Living With Cancer conference for cancer patients from throughout Maine will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at the Augusta Civic Center.Featured speakers will include researcher Dr. Judah Folkman and country music entertainer Kevin Sharp.Folkman is a pioneering cancer researcher who developed a […]

NORWAY – Stephens Memorial Hospital announces the following births:Bristol Scott Leahy, a boy to Lisa and William Leahy of South Paris, April 3. Grandparents, Sonny and Sharon Heath of Norway, Jeff and Linda Cutler of Otisfield, Deborah Belanger Cash of Oxford. Siblings, Billy and Brandon Leahy.Cole John-Henry Lord, a boy to Jessica Johnson and Terry […]

AUGUSTA — Two hundred Maine high school students who might not have gone to college will receive up to $2,000 in scholarship funds to attend a Maine technical college, due to a $200,000 matching grant from the Betterment Fund to the Maine Technical College System.Unlike most scholarships, which are based on competitive criteria, the technical […]

LEWISTON — In an effort to meet the growing need for English as a Second Language teachers, the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College is offering courses leading to state certification.The courses required, offered through USM’s College of Education and Human Development, are open to non-matriculated students.They are: EDU 560 ESL Classroom Teaching Practices, EDU […]

PORTLAND — The Judaica Collection of USM’s Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine has received extensive family papers from Sumner and Rosalyne Bernstein, leaders in Maine’s legal and civic communities and an influential Jewish family.Sumner Bernstein’s papers span 1934 to 2002, during which he served in World War II, met and married his […]