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SKILLS, Inc. announces two new programs: community membership and career planning

SKILLS, Inc. has expanded its Community-based Services offerings to include Community Membership and its Employment Services line to include Career Planning. These two new services will help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism explore their talents and interests, become actively involved in the community, and reach their full potential. SKILLS is now accepting […]

Area residents named to dean’s list at UNE

The following students have been named to the dean’s list for the 2022 fall semester at the University of New England, in Biddeford. Albion: Emma McPherson and Olivia McPherson. Augusta: Valerie Capeless, Zinaida Gregor, Jessica Guerrette, Brooklynn Merrill, Daraun White and Julia White. Benton: Jessica Andrews. Fairfield: Caitlyn Mayo. Jefferson: Mallory Audette. Oakland: Kierra Bumford […]

Gibbs Library presents: Art Teacher as Creator

The Gibbs Library presents Art Teacher As Creator, an exhibit of works of art by six area art educators. This is a special show, as it reflects the artistic expression of the professionals who give our children opportunity, encouragement, and guidance in their own creative outpourings. Art teachers introduce materials, techniques, and structure, but even […]

Golf Fore Kids Sake to be held at Samoset Resort in May

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine’s 2023 Golf Fore Kids’ Sake, at Samoset Resort, presented by Dover Ford and Union Fair Auto, welcomes teams to participate in its May 26 tournament to support one-to-one youth mentoring. The annual spring golf tournament is expected to raise over $50,000 for community and school-based mentoring programs across seven […]

OBITUARIES for Thursday, March 16, 2023

WILLIAM R. COTTER CONCORD, Massachusetts – William “Bill” Reckling Cotter, 87, died peacefully at his Concord home on his 87th birthday, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Bill was born on March 9, 1936, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Fred J. and Esther (Reckling) Cotter, and lived with his older brother, Fred C., near a large […]