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Patch.com May 23 2013 Canton's Cameron Sheldon Among Fulbright Grant Recipients at Bates College Posted by John Fitts Cameron Sheldon of Canton, is one of 10 students at Bates College receiving prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Grants.

A pileated woodpecker searches for bugs in a tree at Bates College on Wednesday afternoon.

At its recent 2013 annual meeting, members of the Foundation for Seacoast Health elected Amy Schwartz, Neal Ouellett, and Dr.

But the opportunity to be director at the school's Harward Center for Community Partnerships was too good to pass up, so last summer she, her husband and their two children moved up from Mississippi.

James Semmonella's commitment to Bates College was a decision he knew would shape more than just his college career, but the foundation for his next forty years.

Berwick Academy eighth-grade student Sarah Khan, of Sanford, won first place in Division I of the annual Song Festival, organized by the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

SEUSSICAL-THEATRE YOUNG AUDIENCES ROBINSON PLAYERS OF BATES COLLEGE 5/14-5/17/2013 Now one of the most performed shows in America, SEUSSICAL is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr.

The wait-list started as a backup plan for college admissions officers who needed to fill remaining seats in a freshman class if not enough of the accepted students committed to attending by the May 1 deadline.

David and Charlene Noyes of Bow announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara, to Ryan Grady, son of Robert and Joyceann Grady of Brunswick, Maine.

Daniel E. Doyle, Jr., the former Executive Director of the Institute for International Sport , has been indicted on 18 counts of embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, and forgery.

Cinema Vivant, 7:30 p.m., Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell St. Tickets cost $20 for adults or $10 for students; 782-7228 or laarts.org. Eliza Gilkyson, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square.

A new generation of teachers that grew up with technology are about to enter the field, bringing lots of new ideas with them.

A unique combination of Gypsy jazz and flickering film images from the early days of stop-action animation comes to the Olin Arts Center at Bates College on May 10 in a Mainstage presentation by L/A Arts.

But, in the shadow of Monday's devastating arson fire that left 75 people homeless and another fire Friday night that left 100 people homeless, we've seen enough from anonymous cowards.

The founder of the Institute for International Sport once located at the University of Rhode Island gave himself $1 million in unauthorized salary increases and bonuses and used the institute's money for personal expenses including payments to his daughter's college, according to an 18-count criminal indictment unsealed Friday.

The Lisbon Street sidewalks have become crowded and the stores are full. In Auburn, it's wall to wall drinkers at Gritty McDuff's. It's all very disorienting.

Barbara Collins, a pioneering faculty member of Cal State Northridge and a beloved biology professor for five decades at California Lutheran University died Tuesday, April 30, 2013, weeks before she was slated to retire.

With posters and T-shirts proclaiming, "Stand Against Racism," several dozen young adults met Saturday at the YWCA of Central Maine on East Avenue and marched at noon around a neighborhood circuit of several blocks.