Schools
Tabor Academy
HAMPDEN — Eric Babbitt of Hampden, a senior captain for the Tabor Academy boys soccer team, the Seawolves, in Marion, Massachusetts, has received two All New England honors. hE was named as a starting member of the Class A Western New England Prep School Soccer Association All-Star Team, chosen by coaches among all players in the highest division of New England Soccer. He also was chosen as a starter for the New England Prep School Athletic Conference Senior All-Star Team, also chosen by coaches to recognize the top seniors in Class A New England soccer.
Colleges
University of Maine
ORONO — The Franco American Program at the University of Maine announced that Celeste Ringuette has donated a very significant and substantial genealogical library. The gift of more than 4,500 books, maps and research materials was made in memory of Ringuette’s late husband, Adrien Lanthier Ringuette.
In pursuing family genealogy, Adrien built an extensive library of valuable research resources. The collection includes unbroken runs of most of the major periodicals in French Canadian genealogical research, genealogical dictionaries, historical biographical dictionaries, 17th- and 18th-century French Canadian census records, and a large library of supporting materials relating to French, French Canadian and Franco American history.
Franco American Program Interim Director Susan Pinette said, “This is an important milestone in the ongoing establishment of a Franco American research center at the University of Maine.”
Franco American Program staff is in the process of cataloguing the collection, which when completed, will be open to the public.
For information, contact Lisa Michaud at 581-3789 or Lisa.Michaud@umit.maine.edu.