1920 – 2015 PARIS — Mary S. Billings, 94, of Bryant Pond died Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Market Square Health Care Center. She was born in Hanover on Nov. 6, 1920, the daughter of Arthur and Una Roberts Stearns. She graduated from Gould Academy in 1938 and the University of Maine (Normal School, Farmington) in […]
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Chrystal Lapointe
1955 – 2015 HANOVER, Va. — Chrystal (Andrews) Lapointe, 60, a resident of Quinton, Va., died Friday evening, Aug. 21, at Memorial Regional Medical Center in Hanover, Va., surrounded by her family. She was born April 21, 1955, in Lewiston, the daughter of the late Lorraine (Pelletier) Gray and Bernard Gray and the late Richard […]
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First days of school in RSU 10
DIXFIELD — A “First day of school” chart printed in the Region and City editions Monday contained incorrect start dates for students in RSU 10. They are: In Byron, Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Hanover, Mexico, Peru, Roxbury and Rumford, students in grades kindergarten through six and grade nine start Tuesday, Sept. 1. Students in grades seven, […]
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Hanover selectmen say boulder must stay until ownership of land established
HANOVER — The Board of Selectmen said Tuesday evening that a controversial chunk of granite in front of a local couple’s home could neither be removed nor destroyed until the ownership of the land that the granite rests on is established. Homeowners Glen and Suzanne LaForest, who live in Utah, own a log cabin on […]
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Hanover neighbors clash again over glacial boulder jutting into road
HANOVER — Four years after a large chunk of granite in front of a Hanover couple’s home stirred up controversy over whether it should be moved, tempers flared again Tuesday when the couple attempted to have the rock removed. Homeowners Glen and Suzanne LaForest, who live in Utah but own a home on Howard Pond […]
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RSU 10 residents vote on budget Tuesday
DIXFIELD — Residents of the 12 member towns of Regional School Unit 10 will go to the polls Tuesday to act on a proposed $36.71 million budget for school year 2015-16. The proposed amount is about 1.5 percent higher than the current year’s operating budget. During last year’s budget vote, the RSU 10 board cut […]
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RSU 10 residents approve $36.71M budget
RUMFORD — Residents of Regional School Unit 10 overwhelmingly approved a 2015-16 operating budget of $36.71 million Wednesday night as wind and rain pounded on the roof of the Mountain Valley High School auditorium. The secret-ballot vote was 67-3. Few questions were asked of Superintendent Craig King. Most of those were related to the amount […]
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Floyd B. Hamilton
1947 – 2015 AUBURN — Floyd B. Hamilton, 67, of Hanover, died Saturday, May 23, at the Hospice House in Auburn with his loving family by his side. He was born in Conway, N.H., on August 2, 1947, the son of Walter and Leah (Legere) Hamilton, and attended Fryeburg Academy. He was a woodsman all […]
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RSU 10 board adopts $36.7 million budget
SUMNER — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday night overwhelmingly approved a $36.71 million budget for 2015-16. It’s about 1.5 percent more than for 2014-15. Slightly more than half of the total budget will come from general purpose aid to education from the state. The amount is about $400,000 less than first considered at […]
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Frances Mary Burns
1929 – 2015 RUMFORD — Frances Mary (Coady) Burns, 85, died Monday, April 27, in Rumford. Fran was born on Dec. 13, 1929, in Manhattan, New York City, to Michael Coady and Bridget (Connelly) Coady. Her family moved to Jackson Heights in Queens, New York City, and then to Montauk, N.Y., on Long Island. When […]