BY JANICE P. NIMURA Newsday “HOME” By Toni Morrison Alfred A. Knopf, $24 “I was trying to take the scab off the ’50s, the general idea of it as very comfortable, happy, nostalgic. Mad Men. Oh, please,” Toni Morrison told an interviewer a few weeks ago. The Nobel Prize-winner was referring to her 10th and […]
2012
Summer adventures planned for girls and their mothers
WATERVILLE — Hardy Girls Healthy Women will partner with MaineGeneral Health to offer two Mother-Daughter Adventures in June. The adventures are for girls in second through sixth grades and their mothers looking to try something new.
Canaan’s Calder earns engineering degree
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Andrew R. Calder, 21, of Canaan and Burlington, Vt., recently received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from University of Vermont’s College of Engineering and Mechanical Sciences.
Desrosiers attains dean’s list at Messiah
GRANTHAM, Pa. — Kimberly Desrosiers of Winslow was recently named to the 2012 spring semester dean’s list at Messiah College.
Madison voter registrar office hours announced
MADISON — The registrar’s office will be open 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday the week before Election Day, June 12. Evening hours will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday to register new voters in person and make name and/or address corrections.
Plum Creek awards student scholarships
FAIRFIELD — Plum Creek recently announced the local students who were awarded scholarships. Plum Creek awards $1,000 scholarships annually to exemplary high school students who plan to continue their education. Students are selected based on academic achievements, participation in extracurricular activities and career goals.
Marandola graduates valedictorian of class
PHILADELPHIA — Tyler Marandola of Madison recently graduated summa cum laude from Temple University James Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia as valedictorian of his class with a grade-point average of 3.91. He also received four awards.
Thomas College announces dean’s list
WATERVILLE — Area students were recently named to the 2012 spring semester dean’s list at Thomas College.
Strong debut novel depicts life in a Shaker community
BY OLINE H. COGDILL Sun Sentinel A SIMPLE MURDER By Eleanor Kuhns Minotaur, $24.99 During the mid-19th century, the Shakers were the largest and most successful utopian group in existence, with tight-knit communities scattered throughout the Northeast and in Kentucky. The religious sect, which began in England during the late 1700s, stressed equality of the […]
Morning Sentinel police log: May 31, 2012
IN CLINTON, Monday at 11:53 a.m., fraud/forgery was reported on Park Avenue.