Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Families And Children Together

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Monday, April 4th, 2011, 11:20am

Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Families And Children Together

Volunteers from Families And Children Together (F.A.C.T.) will be holding a Spaghetti Dinner on Friday, April 29th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Herbert Sargent Community Center in Old Town. Dinner is only $6 per person,
$4 for children under 12, or $20 for a family of 5. Tickets can be purchased at the door.

All proceeds from this event support F.A.C.T.’s Pay It Forward Fund. This fund assists grandfamilies in crisis. It has bought fuel for families to stay warm during the winter, kept the electricity on, paid for a babysitter when the grandparent is sick, and much more. When families receive funds they agree to pay it forward by helping someone else in need. Families might offer babysitting to another family, provide transportation to an elderly neighbor, or maybe knit hat and mittens for children. The possibilities are endless.

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Brewer Fifth Graders take Destination Imagination First Place Prize

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Monday, April 4th, 2011, 10:58am

Students to Compete in Global Competition

(Brewer, ME) – Fifth graders from Brewer’s State Street School walked away with a first place win at the Destination Imagination State Celebration on Saturday. The team competed against regional winners from all over the state at the Tournament, held at University of Maine in Orono. They are the only Brewer team to ever advance to the Global Competition.

Destination Imagination is an educational program in which student teams solve open-ended Challenges and present their solutions at Tournaments.

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Camden National Bank Chefs’ Gala Receives Outstanding Community Support

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Monday, April 4th, 2011, 10:06am

Camden National Bank Chefs’ Gala Receives Outstanding Community Support

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Placing their stars on the Walk of Fame for the 18th Annual Camden National Bank Chefs Gala are CEO Charlie Therrien of Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, Scott Kimball of Dead River, Terri Swanson of Witham Family Properties, James Ray, Robert Ray, Jr and Fred Ehrlenbach of Ray Builders and NESCom “paparazzi” Katelyn St.

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April is Autism Awareness Month

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Monday, April 4th, 2011, 9:20am

April 2011 is Autism Awareness Month

Winthrop, Maine. April 2011— The Autism Society of Maine, the voice and resource of the autism community, announced today that April is Autism Awareness Month. This year’s theme “Improving the Lives of all Affected by Autism” as the key to individuals with autism reaching their full potential.

What is Autism?
Autism is a developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. The result of a neurological disorder that affects functioning of the brain, autism and its associated behaviors occur in approximately 1 of every 110 individuals.

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UMaine awarded for Bridge in a Backpack

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Saturday, April 2nd, 7:25 pm

ORONO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The UMaine Advanced Structures Composites Center has received a prestigious national engineering award.

The American Society for Civil Engineering awarded the composites center the Pancow Award for it's "Bridge in a Backpack."

This innovative technology consists of inflatable tubes that can fit into a backpack. Those tubes can be inflated, formed into arches, and filled with resin. When the resin hardens--you have the framework to build a bridge.

"We try to really elevate the game, focus on excellence and get the best students available to work on these projects," said Larry Parent, the Assistant Director of operations for the composites center.

Advanced Infrastructure Technologies, an Orono company which commercialized the technology also received an award for collaborating with the composites center. Maine DOT was also recognized.

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Giggey Girl Gowns is Open for Girls in Need!

Submitted by Kassidy Giggey, Giggey Girl Gowns Founder

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011, 11:30am

Giggey Girl Gowns will be open today from 1-3! Girls can come start to get dresses today and we are still taking dress donations as well! If you even have a slight worry about finances, come get a prom dress from us! We're at the Community of Christ Church; 128 Peirce Rd. Brewer!

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Bangor Woman celebrates 106th birthday

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Friday, April 1st, 7:10 pm

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- It's no April Fools Joke, today is Edna Bragg's 106th birthday. Bragg is a resident at the Phillips Strickland House in Bangor but she grew up in Hampden.

She was born on April 1, 1905. Teddy Roosevelt was president, Henry Ford had yet to mass produce the automobile, and the Wright Brothers were still perfecting their airplane.

On her 105th Birthday, Bragg appeared in Willard Scott's Smuckers Label segment on the Today Show on NBC.

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