BANGOR — Franklin County experienced the other, unfavorable definition of “walkoff” Thursday afternoon. A combined eight, scarlet-clad Flyers base runners made the walk of frustration back to the dugout to retrieve their gloves after being stranded on base in the fourth, fifth and sixth ininings. Trailing by a range of two to four runs at […]
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Two Edward Little assistant principals retiring
AUBURN – For decades, Steve Galway has been a fixture in the halls and cafeteria of Edward Little High School. Called “Mr. EL,” his voice starts each school day with morning announcements. That’s about to change. Assistant Principal Galway, 65, and fellow Assistant Principal Leslie Morrill, 60, are retiring to spend more time with their […]
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Poaching pensions? School leaders inflate salaries to boost retirement
Tom Morrill wanted to boost his retirement. So a few years ago, during his last year as Auburn’s school superintendent, Morrill chose to have the school system pay him some of the money it was paying for his health insurance. He turned around and bought back that insurance. Morrill didn’t gain or lose anything in […]
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Edward Little defends number of administrators
AUBURN — When Ron Potvin went to high school in the early 1970s, his school had thousands of students more than Edward Little, and there weren’t a lot of assistant principals, he said. As Potvin and other Auburn School Committee members worked on a 2014-15 budget Wednesday night, he was told EL has between 980 […]
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Maine’s cheese making industry on the rise
ROCKPORT — Thirty years ago, Mainers shopping for cheese at their local grocery stores would have found few choices — and of those, plastic-wrapped processed cheese slices had a large market share. Some speciality stores might have carried imported cheeses from Europe, but there were very few examples of locally made options for sale, Taylor […]