Buckfield senior presented MPA award BUCKFIELD — Seneca Jacobs of Buckfield, a senior at Buckfield Junior Senior High School, has been selected to receive the 2018 Principal’s Award, Principal George Reuter has announced. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. “Throughout […]
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Student going to state competition
American Legion Post 31 sent one winner in the American Legion Oratorical Contest to the state level. Bilal Hussein, a senior at Edward Little High School, is shown below receiving awards at Post 31 with Post Commander Calvin Hunter, Service Officer Bettyann Sheats and Post Historian Pauline St. Pierre. Balil moved forward to win the […]
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Lego League at Spruce Mountain High
JAY — Twenty-one teams from around the state — and three from Jay — will compete at the Maine FIRST Lego League Championship at the Augusta Civic Center on Dec. 10. Thirty teams from central Maine competed at the Western Maine FIRST Lego League qualifier at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay on Saturday. FIRST […]
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Skylar Bang of Edward Little powers through Ironman Lake Placid triathlon
That competitive nature, and a passion for athletics, runs through the Bang family and serves as a cohesive bond — just like their unconditional love for each other. Some families spend a vacation touring historic sites or basking in the sun at the beach, but the Bang family enjoys exerting itself on holiday. So they […]
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8th annual Voices of the Valley competition set for March 14
RUMFORD — The eighth annual Voices of the Valley competition will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Mountain Valley High School, event organizer Diane Mitchell said Thursday. The vocal competition for children, teenagers and adults is to raise money for the River Valley Relay for Life group. The contest has steadily […]
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Call for entries for 2015 International Composers Competition ends Feb. 13
PORTLAND — The Portland Chamber Music Festival invites composers of all ages and nationalities to enter its 2015 International Composers Competition. The winning composition will be performed during PCMF’s 22nd summer season (Aug. 13-15, 2015) and the winning composer will receive a $1,000 cash prize. The International Composers Competition was established in 2006 in support […]
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Lewiston Middle school hosts math meet
LEWISTON — Lewiston Middle School recently hosted the first Central Maine Math Meet of the year, said the school’s math coach and teacher Kirsten Laflin. Thirty-four teams of more than 100 seventh- and eighth-grade students competed. Lewiston’s eighth-grade team placed fourth in the event. Lewiston’s seventh-grade team split into two teams, with one team placing […]
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MVHS wins over SMHS in WGME School Spirit Challenge
RUMFORD — A hard-fought battle between Mountain Valley High School and Spruce Mountain High School resulted in the Rumford school gathering the most amount of food for the WGME School Spirit Challenge. Eight high schools participated in the challenge. MVHS Principal Matt Gilbert, a 1991 graduate of the former JHS, and T.J. Plourde, a 1994 […]
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Can Am Crown Competition is fierce and ‘family’
FORT KENT — Running sled dogs can be a somewhat solitary lifestyle, but for a handful competing in this weekend’s Can Am Crown International Sled Dog Races, it makes for a match made in mushing heaven. “Yeah, I married into it,” joked Can Am 30-mile racer Mark Patterson. “I remember asking him, ‘Do you know […]
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Lewiston students take first round of robotics competition
BRUNSWICK — Robots descended upon Southern Maine Community College’s Brunswick campus on Tuesday morning, sending young people there into a near-frenzy. But it was a learning experience, not an invasion. About 50 teens from Portland, Lewiston and Kennebunk high schools gathered at the campus on the former Navy base to pit their robots against each […]