FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s North Dining Hall was the setting for the recent employee recognition banquet for Franklin Community Health Network. Employees with 15 or more years of service and at five-year milestones were invited to attend.
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RELIGION BRIEFS
WATERVILLE — You Grow, Girl is the topic of the annual Central Maine Ladies Retreat at 8 a.m. today at Kennebec Valley Baptist Church, Marston Road. Neysa Semmer of Panama Beach City, Fla., will be the guest speaker.
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Levasseur, Weber
WINSLOW — Brittany Levasseur and Samuel Weber were married Aug. 6, 2011, in Winslow.
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Smith,DeGuzman
PEMAQUID POINT — Hailey Smith and Cody DeGuzman were married May 14, 2011, at the lighthouse in Pemaquid Point with Janice Maguire officiating.
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Companies hiring, just not Mainers
PORTLAND — Even though overall numbers show that Maine’s job picture hasn’t improved in the past year, many companies say they are hiring. But executives say a “skills gap” forces them to recruit and hire workers from out of state because they can’t find qualified applicants locally.
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Skowhegan buildings come down
SKOWHEGAN — Before their lunch break Saturday, the crew of McCarthy Enterprises had reduced three vacant downtown buildings to rubble.
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HARLAN: Trash-talking girls make everyone feel like garbage
I overheard a conversation between Girl A and Girl B, in which they were talking about how strange and unaccepted Girl C is. B says that C is strange, and every time C approaches her wanting to hang out, or wants to be invited to parties, or wants to group together in class, B tries to scare her away. Girl A continuously asks why Girl C is so strange. Girl B says that she wears the same dress all the time and has a lesbian friend with a mohawk, and therefore is too strange to hang out with. As I witnessed this conversation I wanted to turn to the girls and say “Remember (name of any school shooting)? Don’t you think this is the kind of behavior that induces those?” But I could only stay silent, thinking that maybe this isn’t one of those situations. Should I have spoken up?
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Headed to Bethel? Set your GPS for 22 Broad Street
It was a big surprise. We were headed to Bethel to stay at the Bethel Inn and Resort to write a preview of the town’s fall Harvest Fest, and we wanted to try at least one new restaurant.
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Katherine and J.P. Devine
BELGRADE LAKES — Katherine and J.P. Devine celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding, Oct. 2nd, with their good friends, Joe and Renee Jabar and family on Great Pond in Belgrade Lakes, and at their favorite restaurant in Boston.
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A lonely living reminder of Elm City
WATERVILLE — There were once hundreds, perhaps thousands, of elm trees here. Hence the nickname “The Elm City.”