CASCO — Four Navy SEALs will swim the 13-mile length of Sebago Lake this summer to help military families go to camp next year. The SEALs hope to raise $80,000, or enough money for 40 military families to attend Camp Sunshine, a Casco camp for children with life-threatening illnesses. Two of the SEALs planning to […]
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Thompson Lake group receives erosion-control grant
POLAND — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has awarded the Thompson Lake Environmental Association $87,938 to reduce sediment going into the lake in Casco and Poland. The federal grant is for two years. TLEA has committed to spend $10,000, with an additional contribution in in-kind service. It has received grants to conduct nonpoint source […]
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Well done – Student achievements
BOSTON — Brittany Martin, daughter of Jeanne and Dan Martin of Lewiston, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction for the spring 2014 semester at Boston University. A 2011 graduate of Lewiston High School, Martin is majoring in graphic design. — NEWTON, Mass. — Brandyn Cloutier of Dixfield graduated with a Bachelor of […]
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Crafter to demonstrate rug making, crocheting
CASCO — The Raymond-Casco Historical Society will present “Homemade Rug Making and Crocheting” with Anita Holmquist at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 9, at the Raymond-Casco Historical Museum, Route 302. The program is expected to be insightful and informative to rug making beginners and enthusiasts alike. Holmquist will display and demonstrate how to make Oriental “punched” […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Newry: Public informational meeting to discuss school funding formula, 7 p.m., Grange Hall Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C.N. Brown Way River Valley Peru: Planning Board, 5 p.m., Town Office Peru: […]
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Concert raffle benefits Jubilee Center LEWISTON — The Trinity Jubilee Center is raffling off a pair of tickets to the upcoming Celtic Woman concert at the Bangor Waterfront on May 30. Raffle tickets are $5 and can be purchased online at www.trinityjubileecenter.org/Contribute.html or by cash or check at Downtown Handmade and Vintage, 182 Lisbon St. […]
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New England School of Communications honors list
BANGOR — The New England School of Communications has announced the honors list for fall 2013. NESCom offers Bachelor of Science degrees in communications technology, entertainment production and in media studies. Honors list Hanson Gorham of Rumford, in the BSCT – audio engineering program. Richard Carlson of Poland, in the BSCT – audio engineering program. […]
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Susan E. Braman
1960 – 2014 LEWISTON — Susan E. Braman, 53, of Mayberry Hill Road in Casco, died on Monday, Feb. 24, at Central Maine Medical Center. She was born in Mobile, Ala., on Nov. 27, 1960, a daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Braman. Susan was a graduate of Lake Region High School, prior to graduating from […]
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Lake Region Greenprint: Presentation will be on link between forests and the faucet
CASCO — Forest landowners, municipal officials and other members of the public are invited to an informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at the Casco Community Center, 940 Meadow Road on Route 121 in the Casco Village. The meeting will feature a presentation by Paul Hunt, environmental manager of the Portland Water District. […]