TOPSHAM — The 2018-19 academic year marks a time of transition for School Administrative District 75, with a new superintendent and assistant superintendent, and construction progressing quickly on a new Mt. Ararat High School. “We’ve got footings, concrete being poured probably as we speak,” interim Superintendent Dan Chuhta said Aug. 17. The project is due […]
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SAD 75 seeks input on new superintendent
TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 is soliciting residents’ input through an online survey as it begins searching for a new superintendent of schools. Brad Smith, superintendent since 2011, plans to retire July 1. The SAD 75 board has planned to consult the Maine School Management Association in finding his replacement. If a new school […]
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SAD 75 budget, borrowing proposal go to voters in June
TOPSHAM — Along with a proposed $38 million fiscal year 2019 budget, a $1.56 million bond for roof replacements will go to School Administrative District 75 voters in June. If approved, the 10-year bond would be issued next spring. An interest-only payment of $33,000 would follow in fiscal year 2020, with the maximum annual payment […]
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Retiring SAD 75 superintendent will leave his mark
TOPSHAM — Brad Smith, superintendent of School Administrative District 75 since 2011, plans to retire July 1. The 65-year-old Portland resident said in an interview Friday, “I’m healthy, and happy doing what I’m doing, but as 66 approaches I want to be able to spend that time with my wife and our adult kids.” The […]
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U.S. appeals court hears SAD 75 student's 1st Amendment claim
TOPSHAM — A U.S. appeals court is expected to take two or three months to decide whether a special education student had a right under the First Amendment to wear a recording device in school. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston heard the case Monday, Jan. 8. Matt Pollack and […]
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Proposed SAD 75 turf field won't use suspect product
PULLOUT: Massabesic High School in Waterboro installed an EPDM infill, and Lewiston High School is considering the material as well. — Geoff Godo, Mt. Ararat High School’s athletic director. TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 has ruled out a controversial product as an option for synthetic turf field infill at a new Mt. Ararat High School. […]
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New Topsham high school passes 2 straw-poll hurdles
TOPSHAM — The components and costs of a new School Administrative District 75 high school, including locally funded elements such as an artificial turf field, were supported by residents Wednesday in two nonbinding votes. The straw polls, held at the to-be-replaced Mt. Ararat High School, are the 12th step in a 21-part, state-mandated process. Residents […]
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Jane D. Hazelton
1919 – 2015 TOPSHAM — Jane Desaulniers Hazelton, 96, passed away on Friday, Oct. 23, of natural causes. She was born in Lewiston in 1919, the daughter of Dr. Lucy O’Connell Desaulniers and Dr. George Desaulniers. Jane attended Lewiston schools and Seton Hall College. She married Paul V. Hazelton of Saco in 1942 and they […]
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William W. Perry
1949 – 2015 TOPSHAM — William W. Perry, 66, died at his home, Sunday, Aug. 30. Bill was born in Brunswick on March 2, 1949, the son of Francis and Margaret Powers Perry. He graduated from Falmouth High School in 1967, University of Maine at Portland in 1971 and earned his MBA from New Hampshire […]