BUCKFIELD — After a two-year hiatus, Community Day will return next month, and organizers are looking for people to participate in and help with the festivities. Community Day Committee Chairwoman Eileen Hotham said recently that the six-person committee was re-formed in March and has been ironing out the details. The event will be held from 10 […]
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Selectmen discuss grants for boat launch, senior assistance
PARIS — Selectmen decided to move forward in applying for grants that, if awarded, would help establish a public boat launch and help senior citizens remain in their homes. At their meeting Monday night, selectmen unanimously authorized Town Manager Amy Bernard to apply for a grant through the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The […]
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Big school gets yes vote from Lewiston School Committee
LEWISTON — The Lewiston School Committee voted Tuesday to build big: a 950-student elementary school for pupils now attending Martel and Longley. The committee agreed with a Redistricting Committee recommendation to build a new school and to take students from other overcrowded elementary schools in the city. If the new school is approved by Lewiston […]
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Pelletier resigns from Auburn School Committee
AUBURN — After suffering serious injuries in a fall from a ladder, Auburn School Committee Chairman Larry Pelletier has resigned, saying his injuries prevent him from performing the job. He is the fourth committee member to quit in the past year. Tom Kendall will serve as acting chairman. Pelletier, 67, said Friday he […]
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Lewiston Dems to meet Jan. 14
LEWISTON — The Lewiston City Democrat Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Lewiston Armory in the seniors’ room. People are invited to attend and start the new year as a participating Democrat, and to share in the effort of keeping civility and honesty and accountability in the governmental process. […]
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Lewiston School Committee OKs new redistricting panel
LEWISTON — The School Department will begin assembling a new 22-member redistricting committee in anticipation of a new, larger school to replace Martel Elementary, the School Committee decided Monday night. The state has told Superintendent Bill Webster that the city is in the 2017 funding cycle to replace the 1925 school building on Lisbon Street. […]
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Bail hearing scheduled for Rumford official in child pornography case
PARIS — A Rumford man arrested in March on a child pornography charge is set to appear in court next month. Jeremy Vashaw, 41, of Somerset Street in Rumford, is scheduled to appear in Oxford County Superior Court on July 8 in a hearing to amend bail conditions. Vashaw is charged with one count of dissemination […]
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Lisbon council, school board look for savings
LISBON – The School Committee and Town Council continued their efforts to save taxpayer dollars at a meeting Monday night on the proposed $14.7 million school budget. The committee will vote on the budget May 12, and the council will vote on May 20. In discussions ranging from sharing office space to using town mechanics […]
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Buckfield voters will get second chance to decide on RSU 10 withdrawal
BUCKFIELD — Voters will be given a second chance to vote on the town’s withdrawal from the RSU 10 school district at a ballot election that may be held earlier than municipal elections in June. A petition requesting the reconsideration of the withdrawal measure approved by voters last June was submitted to the Town Office with […]
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Andover withdrawal process starts again
ANDOVER — A new petition to start the process for Andover to withdraw from SAD 44 was accepted by the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night. According to a news release issued by Leon Akers and other supporters of the move, the petition carried 145 signatures. Now, the board must set another election to learn […]