PARIS — State assessment test results for the 2015-16 school year have been released by the Department of Education, but local educators say more time is needed to study them before they can comment. “We have taken a preliminary look at the results and we are still digging into the data,” Heather Manchester, director of curriculum, […]
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Accreditation team in Auburn assessing L-A 911 on Monday
AUBURN — A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. arrived Sunday to examine all aspects of the Lewiston-Auburn 911 Emergency Communications System’s policy and procedures, management, operations and support services, according to a news release from Director Phyllis Gamache. Verification by the team that Lewiston-Auburn 911 meets the […]
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Selectmen to meet with the Friends of Peru Elementary School on Dec. 8
PERU — At Monday night’s meeting, selectmen announced that they will meet with the Friends of Peru Elementary School on Monday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m., prior to their regular 6 p.m. selectboard meeting. Residents recently voted to return oversight of the old school to the selectmen, with the Friends of Peru Elementary School providing management […]
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Peru selectmen to review assessments
PERU — Selectmen agreed at Monday night’s meeting to review several property assessments after hearing a resident’s tax complaint. Norman Miley said he paid several hundred dollars more in taxes on his 52 acres than the owner of 52 acres across the road. Board secretary Angela Barkhouse said she has a list of several properties […]
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Assessment of Norway to be ‘lower than anticipated’; recycling could go ‘single-stream’
NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt announced that this year’s tax assessment on the town will be “lower than anticipated’. For Norway, about half of the cost of education is raised through property tax. “When revenues that support education are cut back … that definitely had an impact on us,” said Holt. Holt attended the […]