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Hebron Academy awards diplomas and prizes
HEBRON — Hebron Academy held commencement exercises on May 28, awarding diplomas to 76 graduates, representing 15 states and six countries and provinces. Local students receiving honors in the graduating class included the following: The Bernat Memorial Award for further studies in the humanities was awarded to Nicole Allen of Lewiston and Delaware, who will […]
MacLellan awarded ACCB scholarship
AUBURN — During the Aug. 10 evening performance of the Auburn Community Concert Band, band members awarded a $500 college scholarship to Hebron Academy graduate Robert MacLellan of Hebron. The scholarship was presented to help commemorate the concert band’s 30th anniversary season. In addition to four years of stellar academic performance while attending Hebron Academy, […]
Hebron Academy Middle School honor roll
HEBRON – Hebron Academy Middle School Director Paul Brouwer has announced the spring trimester honor roll. Highest Honors (A- average or higher): Nathaniel Bennett of Oxford, Olivia Berger of Waterford, Chase Harkins of South Paris, Eliot List of Bethel, Jack Morton of South Paris, Arianna Pinkham of Auburn and Katie Schools of Gray. High Honors […]
Students honored at National SkillsUSA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Students from Maine high school and college technical education programs won the nation’s highest awards at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. Industry leaders representing more than 1,100 businesses, corporations, trade associations and unions recognized the students for their demonstrated excellence in 94 hands-on occupational and leadership contests, such as […]
Stanley Steamers roll into Hebron for annual tour
HEBRON — The sound of a steam whistle and the hiss of the motor were unmistakable as the first of two dozen Stanley Steamers huffed down Route 119 from Gorham, N.H., to Hebron Academy on Tuesday. The academy is hosting the cars as part of an annual weeklong tour of the White Mountains. The tour […]
Annual Maine festival season benefits us all
The late summer festival season is in full swing, bringing color, entertainment and tourist dollars to Western Maine. While we’re not the overcrowded coast of Maine, the three-county region — particularly Oxford and Franklin counties — draws hundreds of thousands of seasonal visitors. Many come for a week or two. Some for the entire summer, […]
Redneck Olympics promises action-packed weekend
HEBRON — The Redneck Olympics will start Saturday, Aug. 6, with the national anthem, of course. The weekend festival will raise money for veterans. And organizer Harold Brooks, a veteran himself, wants to show respect. But things get weird after that. At about 9:30 a.m., a man in a pig costume will run out of […]