BICKFORD — Kimberly A., of Buckfield, passed away at home on Thursday, March 8. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, at First Assembly of God, Hogan Road, Lewiston. The service will follow at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Kim’s name to […]
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Sheila R. Ward
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Sheila Rita Proctor Ward, 74, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Friday, Jan. 27, at Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was born in Lisbon, Dec. 28, 1942, the daughter of Louis and Loretta (Richard) Proctor. She enjoyed the outdoors and nature, gardening, family and friends, and going on cruises. She […]
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With mayor’s race settled, Lewiston council looks to move on, cooperate
LEWISTON — City councilors say they are ready to put aside politics from a tough mayoral race and get down to business. “Now that the election is over, it’s time to do the work we were elected to do,” said Ward 5 Councilor Kristen Cloutier. “We are all adults. We were elected to serve the […]
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Lewiston voter turnout good, not great
LEWISTON — Voter turnout for Tuesday’s municipal election was good, but it didn’t set any records. City Clerk Kathy Montejo said ballots were cast by 8,393 voters, about 33.5 percent of the city’s 25,009 registered voters. That surpassed the most recent 2013 municipal election, which had a 28 percent voter turnout, she said. “But that […]
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Lewiston committee votes for $64.7 million school budget
LEWISTON — Saying they’d like to do more to reduce class sizes, Lewiston School Committee members approved a $64.7 million budget Monday night, a 5.8 percent increase from the current budget. The proposed budget includes 32 new positions, most of them special ed to keep pace with growing special ed students. About 10 educators would […]
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RSU 9 directors to start budget review on April 2
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors will start 2015-16 budget discussions on Thursday, April 2, Superintendent Tom Ward said Tuesday. Ward introduced a schedule at Tuesday night’s board meeting. The board will meet at 6 p.m. on April 2 in the cafeteria of the Mt. Blue Middle School in Farmington. There was a conflict […]
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Clerk reminds Lewiston voters to double-check polling places
LEWISTON — City Clerk Kathy Montejo said she’s worried that shifts made to the city’s ward boundaries this summer could cause confusion at the polls Tuesday. “We don’t want voters to be upset or feel disenfranchised on Tuesday when they go stand in line at the place where they’ve voted for 10 years, only to […]
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RSU 9 directors reverse special education restructuring
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 school directors reversed a decision made Sept. 9 and voted Tuesday to not pilot a restructuring of the district’s Special Education Department. The plan was to have a special education teacher in each of the district’s seven schools become a building-based coordinator for this school year. Instead, directors decided to go […]
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The Hot Corner: Tragedy we can’t (and shouldn’t) shake
It is the story that won’t go away. Easy in this culture that struggles comically to separate rumor from fact to wish that it would. Failure to learn from the blink of an eye that has linked Tony Stewart and Kevin Ward Jr. for eternity, however, would heap tragedy upon tragedy. Ward’s life inexplicably is […]
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RSU 9 to develop policy on student memorials
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors will consider a policy on memorializing students that Superintendent Tom Ward believes would be the first for a Maine school if it’s adopted. Guidance Director Ben Milster told the board Tuesday night that the idea came because of a student suicide about 18 months ago. “We believe a policy would […]