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RSU 58 board reviews budget

SALEM TOWNSHIP — The Regional School Unit 58 school board reviewed the post-audit status of the district budget and adjustments required in some of its cost centers Thursday night.  The board reviewed the current budget, which was approved in June by voters in Kingfield, Strong, Phillips and Avon. Because the 2018-19 fiscal year salaries and […]

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RSU 10 non-district football players can join at cost

RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 board of directors agreed that middle school students from outside the district will be allowed to play on the football team for $200 per player, Superintendent Deb Alden said Tuesday. The board Monday night approved the same agreement as last year, allowing players from the RSU 56 towns […]

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Androscoggin Bank announces new hires, promotions

LEWISTON — Androscoggin Bank announces the addition of several new employees to its team in Lewiston, along with numerous promotions. Mary Miller joins the bank as director of mortgage lending and will be based at bank’s Lewiston operations center. She will oversee each step of the mortgage process from sales to underwriting and processing. Alicia […]

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Rinck adds new personnel

LEWISTON — Rinck recently added five professionals to its growing ranks. Maybelle Bosley joins the team as an associate creative director. Prior to this, she worked as a freelance art director for commercial consumer and luxury brands, nonprofit, and event clients in Denver and Los Angeles. She holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from […]

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School board does an about-face on joining service center

BUCKFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 directors on Monday reversed their decision last month not to join a regional service center. Superintendent Deborah Alden told directors that during a fall conference in Augusta, she received a lot of information about the Maine Department of Education’s regional service center proposal. “I use the analogy of propping […]

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RSU 73 approves new hires

LIVERMORE FALLS — The Regional School Unit 73 board of directors accepted the resignation of Spruce Mountain High School athletic director and Assistant Principal James Black at its meeting Thursday. Black is leaving to become principal at Mt. Blue Middle School. His last day at Spruce Mountain is Aug. 18. Black thanked staff, students, the […]

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RSU 10 to receive additional $658,689 from state

RUMFORD — Regional School Unit 10 has received $658,689 in state aid,  Superintendent Deborah Alden told directors Wednesday night. The money is part of the additional $48 million the Department of Education is getting for 2017-18. With the new state budget, the local share for the district is 40.74 percent, not the 42.44 percent expected […]

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Wilton teacher in top three candidates for Teacher of the Year

FARMINGTON — Wilton teacher Brenda LaVerdiere is one of the top three teachers in the state to be considered for the title of 2016 Maine Teacher of the Year, Wilton schools Principal Keith Acedo announced during Tuesday’s Regional School Unit 9 school board meeting. LaVerdiere, a fourth-grade teacher at Academy Hill School, was named the 2016 […]