STANDISH — The following local residents were named to the dean’s list at Saint Joseph’s College Maine for the fall semester. Andover: Izaak Mills Auburn: James Philbrook Avon: Aaron Jalbert Bowdoin: Heather Reed Dixfield: Michelle Morrison, Jennifer Smith Durham: Ashley Beaulieu Fayette: Willie Brown Fryeburg: Meghan Bradley, Sophie-Mary Creegan, Payton Schwarz Gray: Elizabeth Allen, Christopher […]
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LACO food pantry, clothing bank helping families in Lisbon, Durham, Bowdoin
Because the need has increased, donations are appreciated LISBON — The Lisbon Area Christian Outreach runs a food pantry and clothing bank at the MTM Center in Lisbon Falls. LACO serves people from Lisbon, Durham and Bowdoin. LACO Food Pantry has served 417 families this year for a total of 10,695 individuals who have received […]
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Valentine soiree dinner on Feb. 14 in Lisbon will benefit LACO
LISBON — The Lisbon Area Christian Outreach, which serves the people of Lisbon, Lisbon Falls, Durham and Bowdoin, is hosting a Valentine soiree dinner from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, to raise desperately needed funds. The menu will include sparkling cider, tomato soup with crackers, tossed salad with Italian dressing, choice of baked […]
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Senior Citizens Cribbage League LEWISTON — The Lewiston Senior Citizens Cribbage League winners at the Lewiston Memorial Armory on Jan. 30 were: first, Vicki Thayer-Adams; second, Gary David and Dwight Webb; third, Cindy Boyd and Norm Bissonnette; fourth, Pat Records and Judy Sirois; fifth, George Bussiere and Richard Champagne. The next game will be played […]
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Durham ‘Survivor’ offers posh camping in yurts
It was cold, but the 2008 winner of “Survivor: Gabon” showed no sign of the arctic conditions, except for an ever-reddening nose, as the temperature seemed to continue to drop. After a five minute drive, Crowley led a group inside his insulated yurt, the heat from the wood stove beckoning, prompting Crowley, his wife, Peggy […]
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Well Done: Local students honored for achievements
BOSTON — Brittany Martin, daughter of Jeanne and Dan Martin of Lewiston, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction with a 4.0 GPA for the fall 2013 semester at Boston University. A 2011 graduate of Lewiston High School, Martin is majoring in graphic design. — FRANKLIN, Mass. — Vincent Ratsavong of Turner and […]
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Colby-Sawyer College dean’s list
NEW LONDON, N.H. — The following local Colby-Sawyer College have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement during the 2013 fall semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must achieve a grade-point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.0 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours in graded courses. Kolby Arnold of […]
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Freeport votes to leave RSU 5
DURHAM — Freeport residents voted this week to begin the process of withdrawing from RSU 5, Superintendent Shannon Welsh said. Tuesday’s vote of 953-768 was the result of a petition spearheaded by the citizens committee Moving Freeport Forward. It was the beginning of a 22-step process, Welsh said. The next step, she said, is to […]
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Freeport votes to withdraw from RSU 5
FREEPORT — Residents on Tuesday voted 953-768 to withdraw from Regional School Unit 5. Twenty-seven percent of the town’s 6,387 registered voters participated in the referendum, which was conducted as a snowstorm blew through in the afternoon and evening. “I think this shows that the community of Freeport has a lot of questions about the […]
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Well done: Students honored for achievements
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Kristen Lavallee of Lisbon has enrolled in Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the nation’s first and largest technological college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She is a graduate of Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, D.C., and the daughter of Nancy and Jim Lavallee of […]