TURNER — In the only three-way legislative primary in Maine, the winner wound up with enough votes to make ranked-choice voting irrelevant. Joshua Morris, a 36-year-old Realtor, emerged with just over half of the votes in the Republican primary to pick a nominee in the 75th District that spans Turner, Leeds and part of Livermore. […]
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Morning meetings, positive postcards come to Turner Elementary School
GREENE — School Administrative District 52 directors voted Thursday night to keep Betsy Bullard as chairwoman. They also heard from Superintendent Kimberly Brandt, who shared some of the great happenings at Turner Elementary School, including new school-wide Responsive Classroom morning meetings. “I was able to join several morning meetings this year and I saw students […]
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SAD 52 chief touts students' accomplishments
TURNER — By the numbers, students at Leavitt Area High School had a very busy year. For last week’s School Administrative District 52 board meeting, Superintendent Kimberly Brandt assembled a list of their accomplishments: • Juniors and seniors completed more than 106 college/dual enrollment courses; • The school administered 136 AP exams; • 11 students […]
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Leeds Historical Society to present program on Doc Russell
LEEDS — The Leeds Historical Society will present a program on longtime physician D.F.D. Russell at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 2, in the Community Room at the Leeds Municipal Building. Daniel Frank Davis Russell was born in Leeds in 1879. He graduated from Leavitt Institute and went on to study medicine at Bowdoin Medical School. […]
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Janet H. Mitchell
AUBURN — Janet H. Mitchell, 83, a resident of Leeds passed away peacefully at midnight on Wednesday, May 23, at Clover Manor in Auburn. She was born Feb. 13, 1935, at Stricklands in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Augustus Hood and Cora (Goding) Hood. Janet was a 1954 graduate of Livermore Falls High School. On March […]
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Voters give first OK to $27.4 million SAD 52 budget for Greene, Leeds, Turner
TURNER — Tri-town residents approved the SAD 52 board’s $27.4 million budget last week and got some good news: it appears the district will return $575,000 to Turner, Greene and Leeds in June. Superintendent Kimberly Brandt said about 50 residents from the three towns turned out Thursday night to approve the budget for 2018-2019. The […]
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Turner, Leeds, Greene voters asked to consider $27.4 million school budget
TURNER — School Administrative District 52 directors this week set the first public vote on its proposed $27.4 million budget for May 10 and the validation vote for May 18. The board met Thursday night. Included in the budget for 2018-19 are funds to bring back the varsity golf program, introduce varsity indoor track to […]
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Local GOP primary only legislative race to be impacted by ranked-choice voting
AUGUSTA — If ranked-choice voting is applied to Maine’s June 12 primary election, the system would come into play in only one legislative race – a House District 75 contest that features three Republicans. All three candidates for the seat representing Turner, Leeds and part of Livermore said Tuesday that they oppose ranked-choice voting on […]
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Reynald J. Lefebvre
LEEDS — Reynald J. Lefebvre, 77, a resident of Leeds, passed away Monday, March 26, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born Oct. 25, 1940, in Rumford, the son of Rene and Lucille (Gauthier) Lefebvre. Reynald was raised in Mexico and attended St. Theresa’s Catholic School and Mexico High School. Deciding shoe […]
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Peter J. Clark
LEWISTON — Peter J. Clark, 71, a resident of Leeds, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family Monday evening, Feb. 19, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, following several years of failing health. He was born Oct. 13, 1946, in Lewiston, the son of Raymond L. Clark and Mary (Olehowski) Clark. Peter was a […]