LEWISTON — Hundreds of hungry people turned out Tuesday night for the 15th annual Chili & Chowder Taste Challenge at the Ramada Inn. Twenty local eateries supplied original chilis and chowders for the fundraiser, which benefits Longley Elementary School and the Green Ladle Scholarship Fund. Rolly’s Diner took home the Best in Show prize with […]
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What You Need to Know: Lewiston school budget vote
Martel Elementary School students leave school on a March afternoon last year. This year’s school budget will be decided by voters during a referendum on Tuesday. Voting will be held at Longley Elementary School from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. LEWISTON — Voters will decide the proposed Lewiston school budget for 2017-18 Tuesday at Longley […]
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Lewiston: New school info meeting Wednesday at Longley
LEWISTON — An informational meeting on the June 14 ballot question to build a $49.7 million elementary school will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, at Longley Elementary School. Topics will include the school’s site, size, educational program, building schedule and costs. Superintendent Bill Webster will give the introduction, followed by presentations by […]
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State approves Lewiston school concept plan
LEWISTON — The state Board of Education has approved the concept design of a new elementary school on East Avenue, Superintendent Bill Webster said Thursday. The unanimous vote was held Wednesday in Augusta. The 880-student school would be for students at Martel and Longley schools, and take another 150 students from other schools to relieve […]
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State approves Lewiston school concept plan
LEWISTON — The state Board of Education has approved the concept design of a new elementary school on East Avenue, Superintendent Bill Webster said Thursday. The unanimous vote was held Wednesday in Augusta. The 880-student school would be for students at Martel and Longley schools, and take another 150 students from other schools to relieve […]
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Tonight: Straw vote on proposed Lewiston elementary school
All Lewiston residents are invited to tonight’s 6:30 pm presentation and straw poll on the proposed new elementary… Posted by Lewiston Public Schools Superintendent on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 It is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at Lewiston High School. The school would be built next to the high school for 880 students — […]
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Esther G. Shapiro
1920 – 2015 LEWISTON — Esther G. Shapiro, 95, formerly of Labbe Avenue in Lewiston, died Tuesday morning, Dec. 15, at Montello Manor with family at her side. She was born in Malden, Mass., July 2, 1920, a daughter of Philip and Lillian Bluestein Glaser. Esther was educated in Massachusetts schools, graduated from Boston University […]
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Rowena ‘Red’ J. Wright
1924 – 2015 AUBURN — Rowena “Red” J. Wright, 91, of Sabattus passed away after a brief illness at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. She was born in Wilton on Feb. 14, 1924, the daughter of the late Gerry and Caroline (McLaughlin) Swett. She attended local schools and graduated from Wilton Academy in 1942. […]
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Big school in Lewiston will deliver smaller classes
LEWISTON — In Lindsay Putney’s crowded kindergarten room Thursday at Farwell Elementary School, her 25 students worked on art. Experts say 25 kindergarten students in one class is too many. State regulations call for kindergarten classes to be no more than 20 students per teacher. A growing student population has created overcrowded schools with classes […]