The first Student of the Month award for the 2017-18 school year was presented to Neil Nolette at the first awards assembly of the year at Dirigo High School. From left are Dirigo High School Principal Mike Poulin; Katie Nolette, stepmother; Mike Nolette, father; Neil Nolette; Nicole Couture, mother; and Shannon Couture, stepfather.
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Dirigo classroom awards given
These Dirigo High School students started their school year earning classroom awards for their efforts. From left are Spencer Jacques, physical education; Cole Brown, World Language Seminar, French; Luke McLeod, English; Emma Abbott, science; Sarah Milledge, Spanish 2; and Morgan Morrow, two awards, Anatomy & Physiology and English. Carl Touchette, who was awarded for alternative […]
Well Done: Clark University student from Lewiston interns with DA’s office
WORCESTER, Mass. — Jessica M. Boulet, a Clark University student from Lewiston, completed an internship at the Worcester District Attorney’s Office with funding from the Theodore H. Barth Foundation. Boulet tracked down accident reports, wrote death memos and performed clerical tasks for defense attorneys. She also sat in on trials and observed police interviews with […]
Library tween, teen Makerspace Center nearly ready to open
JAY — Jay-Niles Memorial Library Tween and Teen Makerspace Center should be up and running by Tuesday, Oct. 24. The library received a $5,000 grant for the creation of a Makerspace for use by tweens and teens in RSU 73 last summer. The space was made possible by a Maine Public Library Fund grant. The […]
APL hosting College Night, Financial Aid Night for students
AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library has announced its fifth annual College Night will be held Thursday, Oct. 19, in the Androscoggin Community Room. The program is for teens and their parents and is designed to provide information early in the college process. The evening will begin at 5:30 p.m., with a panel discussion facilitated […]
Halloween is coming
Paris Elementary School students, from left, Angel Desrosiers, Alice Abbott, Stephen Rand and Noah Bryce, hold Halloween bags delivered by Kim Davis.
Two Lewiston graduates awarded scholarships
LEWISTON — Lewiston residents Sahra Abdi and Peyton McPherson, both students in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) program at Central Maine Community College (CMCC), have been awarded Doris M. Stewart Memorial Scholarships. Abdi is a native of Kenya who graduated from Lewiston High School in 2014. She has earned high honors in the ECE program […]
'Constituition Rock' at Cape Cod Hill school
Fourth and fifth grade students at Cape Cod Hill Elementary School celebrated the U.S. Constitution’s 230th birthday on Sept. 18 in New Sharon. Isabell Foss of the Daughters of the American Revolution gave each fourth-grader a copy of the Constitution. Nina Hjort of New Sharon served the red, white and blue cake. Students performed the […]
Two CMCC students awarded MEREDA scholarships
AUBURN — Nicole Belanger and Sophie Martel, second-year students in the Business Administration and Management Program at Central Maine Community College, have been awarded $1,250 scholarships from the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) for study during the current academic year. A resident of Lewiston, Belanger is a graduate of Vineyard Christian School. She […]
Lisbon fourth-grader brings home national pageant title
LISBON — Miranda Torrey, a fourth-grader at Lisbon Community School and USA National Miss Downeast Maine Princess 2017, brought home the national title of USA National Role Model Princess 2017 from the national pageant. Torrey, who won her state title at the Maine Academic Scholarship Pageant in August of 2016, traveled to the Boca Resort […]