Cards for soldiers BETHESDA, Md. — Send a wounded soldier a Christmas card. When filling out Christmas cards this year, take one card, or more, and send to: A Recovering American Soldier, c/o Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Md., 20889-5600. This is a small way to say thank you to […]
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Saint Joseph’s College National Honor Society
STANDISH — The following area students were recently inducted as members of the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. Susan Attianese of Naples, a junior double-major in criminal justice and theology with a minor in chemistry, returned to the classroom after almost 30 years. She was previously an adjunct […]
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Well done – Molly Shaw
STANDISH — Molly Shaw of Naples was recently inducted as a member of the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. A senior communications major with a concentration in journalism, she is a member of Habitat for Humanity and participated in Spring Break Workfest, where students volunteer their services in […]
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Cribby elected by nursing leaders
BRIDGTON — Bobbi Cribby, BSN, MS, director of clinical practice at Bridgton Hospital, has been elected president of the Organization of Maine Nurse Executives. Cribby is responsible for management of clinical initiatives, including project management, evidence-based practice quality and regulatory oversight. A graduate of Mercy School of Nursing, Cribby received her BSN from St. Joseph’s […]
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Family awarded $310K in wrongful death suit in Paris
PARIS — A jury on Thursday awarded a family $310,000 in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a fatal accident that killed a Naples man. After a seven-day civil trial, the jury of seven women and two men unanimously found that Midwest Price Co., which owned a tractor-trailer involved in the crash, and Tricia Beretz, […]
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Trio of gigs
Maine singer-songwriter Brian Patricks will perform at the Black Bear Cafe in Naples from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3. Patricks intertwines classic finger-style rhythmic guitar playing with his rock and blues originals. The cafe is at 215 Roosevelt Trail, Route 302. He will also play The Lobster House in Small Point from 4 […]
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Crane boom topples in Naples construction mishap
NAPLES — A 120-foot boom on a crane pitched over backward, falling partially into the water next to the Naples causeway swing bridge on Route 302 Tuesday morning. No one was injured. “As far as we can tell, the operator inadvertently hit a lever,” said Kim Suhr, vice president of Wyman and Simpson of Richmond, […]
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Families from Naples, Scarborough injured in two-car wreck in Stadish
STANDISH, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say several children were among six people taken to the hospital with abrasions and bruises after a pickup broadsided an SUV. The accident happened Sunday near Sebago Lake, at the intersection of Route 114 and Harmon’s Beach Road. Police say the pickup was driven by Randy Baldwin, of […]
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SWOAM participates in two conservation projects in western, southern Maine
BUCKFIELD — Earlier this year, the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine participated in two notable collaborative conservation projects in western and southern Maine. A varied group of properties known as the “Bear Paw” lands — six in Oxford County and one in Cumberland County — includes an important 173-acre parcel in Buckfield known as […]
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Well done – Jenna Chase
STANDISH — Jenna Chase of Naples received the Exercise Science Award at Saint Joseph’s College, awarded to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in exercise science.