Biddeford seeks votes for Extreme Makeover contest prize
Biddeford School Department enters The Ultimate Neighborhood Give Back Challenge offering $50,000 and a Ty Pennington visit if it wins the grand prize to fund Waterhouse Field improvements and other classroom or sports facility projects. Five additional $10,000 awards are available. public votes needed. Linda Verville found the grant opportunity while seeking funding for the city’s schools.
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Waterhouse
Biddeford High School Tigers
Ty Pennington
Linda Verville
Pennington
Verville
Jameson Teacher Heather Putnam Wins Maine Top Teacher Award
Heather Putnam, a first grade teacher at Jameson Elementary, won a Maine top teacher contest and a $500 gift card after a surprise at a Monday assembly. Stefanie Millette announced the finalists and winner, noting Putnam beat the runner up by two votes among forty nominees and earned a sunflowers bouquet and a certificate.
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Harper Nasse
Catherine Clark
Jameson Elementary School
Heather Putnam
Maine
Old Orchard Beach
Jameson
Stefanie Millette
Putnam
Millette
Proms and graduations raise teen alcohol awareness
DHHS reports teens and alcohol abuse perceptions while parents and schools seek ways to prevent risky behavior during proms and graduations. Connie Roux of Partners for Healthier Communities and Nichole Ivey of Strategies for a Stronger Sanford offer steps for parents to reduce underage drinking at celebrations.
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Connie Roux
Partners For Healthier Communities
Nichole Ivey
Coor
State Department of Health and Human Services
Opera advocate to share PORTopera story at library
STAFF WRITER Jack Riddle, co founder of PORTopera, discusses his opera passion and Maine ambitions during a Sunday presentation at McArthur Public Library. PORTopera marks 20 years, producing two to three operas annually, with roots tracing to 1995 and the Portland Opera Repertory Theatre.
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Biddeford
Jack Riddle
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
Riddle
Portopera
Portland
McArthur Public Library
the McArthur
Merrill Auditorium
Maine
Bruce Hangen
Portland Symphony
Portland Symphony Board of Directors
Russ Burligh
Hangen
Portland Opera Repertory Theatre
State Theater
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Giuseppe Verdi
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