LEWISTON (WGME) — Lewiston parents are coming forward, saying something needs to be done about speeding drivers in school zones. They say cars often fly by schools going way over the speed limit. On East Avenue, the section of the road turns to 15 miles per hour when the high school and Martel Elementary lets […]
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Funeral notices for Sunday, June 17
ALECK — Noreen T., 61, of Mexico, passed away Friday, June 8, in Rumford. A Celebration of Noreen’s life will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at the Rumford Eagles Function Hall. Arrangements are under the care and guidance of S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services 250 Penobscot St. Rumford ME […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thelma L. Patry
1923 – 2015 LEWISTON — Thelma L. Patry, 92, of Lewiston passed away on Sunday, Sept. 13. She was born May 18, 1923, in St. Agatha, the daughter of Onezime E. Michaud and Methaide (Marquis) Michaud. She was the youngest of 12 children. She attended schools in St. Agatha and graduated from Orono High School […]
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 […]
Big school gets yes vote from Lewiston School Committee
LEWISTON — The Lewiston School Committee voted Tuesday to build big: a 950-student elementary school for pupils now attending Martel and Longley. The committee agreed with a Redistricting Committee recommendation to build a new school and to take students from other overcrowded elementary schools in the city. If the new school is approved by Lewiston […]
Lewiston committee recommends big elementary school
LEWISTON — “Build big” is the recommendation for the new elementary school to replace the aging Martel Elementary School. The Lewiston Redistricting Committee on Monday night voted 11-4 in favor of “Option C,” which would be an elementary school of about 950 students, among the largest in Maine. If approved by voters, the school would […]
Bates College hosts civil rights read-in, talk at Martel School in Lewiston
LEWISTON — “Did your feet hurt after the march?” one sixth-grader asked the man who had participated in the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s march on Washington in 1963. The Rev. James F. Reese, 91, talked with sixth-graders at Martel Elementary School by speakerphone after a Bates College-sponsored MLK Read-In at the school Wednesday. Reese’s […]