EUSTIS — Along with state and national decisions, voters will be asked to make a tough local choice at the polls on Tuesday. In a petition submitted in September to selectmen, voters expressed their concerns that the SAD 58 board plans to close the Stratton Elementary School to save money. “The townspeople who developed this […]
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Maine mountains have snow
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Snow coated the tops of some mountains in Maine, including Sugarloaf and Bigelow early Monday. The peak of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire had received nearly 4 inches as of 2 a.m. Sugarloaf communications Director Ethan Austin estimated that 1 to 2 inches fell on the peaks of the mountain and stopped […]
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Flu shots in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Flu shots will be available from the Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County starting Oct. 4. There is a suggested donation of $20 at Healthy Community Coalition clinics (or by donating what you can afford) to help cover the cost of the vaccines. Insurance, Medicare or Medicaid cannot be accepted. Flu shots […]
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SAD 58 residents to discuss pulling Stratton school from district
EUSTIS — After the Stratton Elementary School survived two bouts of SAD 58’s cost-cutting proposals, many townspeople have suggested that the town withdraw from the district. Area students, including those from Carrabassett Valley, Coplin Plantation and Wyman Township, attend kindergarten through eighth grade at the school. Most students go on to Mt. Abram High School […]
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Fifteen nonprofits awarded Western Mountains Fund grants
ELLSWORTH/PORTLAND — The Maine Community Foundation’s Community Building Grant Program recently awarded $74,367 in grants to 15 Franklin and Somerset County nonprofits, including the History House Association, which will use the funds to research, develop and conduct walking tours in two historic downtown Skowhegan districts. Other grant awards went to: * Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, […]
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Eustis residents petition to leave SAD 58
EUSTIS — A citizens committee has made a formal request to withdraw the town from SAD 58. On Tuesday night, the Save Our School Committee’s petition, signed by 69 residents, asked the Board of Selectmen to formally start the process to create a stand-alone school. For the past two years, Stratton Elementary School has been […]
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Eustis camp to kick off ‘First Steps Outdoors’ program
EUSTIS – Maine’s oldest continuously operating set of sporting camps, Tim Pond Camps, has been chosen to host the very first “Sporting Camp First Steps Outdoors Program.” The program is designed to help people get started in the outdoor activities known as Maine’s “Sporting Heritage.” The program will be held during a two-night stay at […]
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Eustis man dies in lake
EUSTIS — A Stratton village man went underwater in Flagstaff Lake on Wednesday to retrieve a piece of dog-training equipment and did not surface, said Doug Rafferty, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Leo Pepin, 81, was training hunting dogs on the shore of Flagstaff Lake when the incident occurred, […]
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Barbara Elise Scribner
MADISON — Barbara Elise (Wing) Scribner, 84, died June 22, at Maple Crest Nursing Home. She was born in Lewiston, Nov. 12, 1927, the daughter of John Viles and Edna Gertrude (Davis) Wing. She attended schools in Flagstaff and Stratton, graduating from Gould Academy. After graduating from high school, she attended Cadet Nursing Corps in […]
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Bangor man proposes to running partner at finish line of Sugarloaf road race
But he wasn’t reeling physically from the 9.3-mile run along state Route 27 from Carrabassett Valley to downtown Kingfield. In fact, he felt great. Glynn merely was bowing to tradition in taking a step much bigger than any he had taken in any road race — proposing marriage to running partner Mary Graziano, a fellow […]