Stroke Awareness Month Begins in May
The American Stroke Association announces Stroke Awareness Month starting Thursday to educate Mainers on stroke risks and prevention. Brenda Vitali notes Maine's high stroke and heart attack mortality in New England while highlighting modifiable risks such as blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, and exercise.
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American Heart Association
Fox casting new reality series Utopia seeks fearless idealists
Portland auditions run April 29 to May 2 for Foxs unscripted show Utopia seeking 15 pioneers to build a new civilization with limited resources. Participants commit one year and will be in an isolated terrain. Show plans 24 hour streaming and same timeframe air.
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Utopia
Fox Broadcasting Company
Taylor Carr
Conlin Company
Portland
Utopiatv.com
Kristin Curtin
Local Pages Highlight Community Life and Events
A regionwide roundup of upcoming community events, local spotlights, and lifestyle features across A1 to A3 and A4 sections. Readers find profiles, schedules, and timely notices shaping weekend activities.
Old Orchard Beach Pantry Seeks Volunteers for Advisory Committee
The Old Orchard Beach Community Food Pantry, serving about 500 people monthly at 155 Saco Ave, seeks volunteers for its advisory committee. Meetings are monthly. contact 934-8094 or oobcfp@gmail.com. The pantry, now affiliated with Good Shepherd Food Bank, gains access to donation channels and a local harvest-season food donor.
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Old Orchard Beach
Home Sales Up Median Prices Down Across Maine Counties
Maine Association of Realtors reports March statewide home sales up 12.63 percent from a year earlier while the statewide median price for January to March fell 4.71 percent to 162000. York County sales rose 5.80 percent with a median of 195000, Sagadahoc County saw a 27.59 percent rise in sales but a 26.15 percent price drop to 146750. In York first quarter sales reached 416, up from 391. Sagadahoc sold 74, up from 58.
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Maine Association of Realtors
York County
Sagadahoc County
SecureRMS expands to hard drive destruction
SecureRMS, a Waban social enterprise, expands its confidential destruction services to include hard drive destruction. Certified drivers retrieve drives from client sites, transport them in GPS monitored trucks to a secure facility, where drives are degaussed and destroyed, ensuring data cannot be recovered.
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John Devoid
Edward LaLone
Securerms
Waban
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