Almost all of the Morning Sentinel area’s high school valedictorians will be attending schools in Maine, and just one will attend a university outside of New England.

Waterville Mayor Karen Heck told a gathering at Veterans Memorial Park on Monday that she was happy to see so many young faces in this year’s Memorial Day parade.

Whether it is cooking, driving or going to social events together, Lawrence Burleigh, 99, of Corinna, the town’s Boston Post Cane holder, and his wife, Dorothy, do everything together, and said they couldn’t imagine ever growing tired of each other.

Brad Jackson, the new executive director of FirstPark in Oakland, sees central Maine’s metal manufacturing industry as key to the park’s future, even if low funding ties his hands.

Matthew and Wendy Morrison, both 34, and their two children, Hannah, 10, and Cody, 7, will leave Augusta on June 23 after four years of supplying people in the community with food, furniture, vouchers for fuel and a host of other items with the local Salvation Army chapter.

Hannah Daly, 19, of Portland, is looking forward to joining the repertory company at the Theater at Monmouth for its 44th season, dubbed “A Season for Lovers.”