MEXICO — Next week’s vote on the Region 9 School of Applied Technology budget is expected to take all of 15 minutes, Director Brenda Gammon said Friday morning. After the districtwide budget meeting and vote at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, in the cafeteria, the vocational school’s board of directors will meet upstairs to ratify […]
Bethel
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Oxford County arrest log
Deputies responded to 186 calls between April 20 and 27, among which were: * Three deputies responded to a family fight at 10:17 p.m. on April 26 at a Shamrock Road address in Albany Township after a 16-year-old boy called 911 to report that his mother hit him. During the investigation, it was learned that […]
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Woodstock proposes fire truck purchase
Woodstock selectmen Tuesday voted 2-1 to propose to voters the purchase of a new pumper truck for the Fire Department. The $217,000 lease/purchase, if approved at a special Town Meeting, would cost approximately $30,000 a year over six years. The current 1987 truck was recently found to have serious deterioration in its tank and water […]
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Proposed SAD 44 budget up slightly; state aid down
The SAD 44 School Board voted unanimously Monday to approve a draft budget of $10,661,322 for the 2016 fiscal year. That is up from last year’s $10,564,225 by just under 1 percent. However, a drop in state aid will mean more of an increase to the towns. Superintendent David Murphy noted that the Finance Committee […]
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Committee tables LD 1082 discussion
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs tabled discussion Tuesday on LD 1082, a bill that, if passed, could impact SAD 44 more financially than the withdrawal of Newry would. The bill proposes to remove an exemption imposed 10 years ago on SAD 44 and SAD 6 that kept local school cost sharing […]
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New town-run Andover Elementary School board holds informational meeting
ANDOVER — Officials for the new, town-run school gave about 25 town officials and residents an overview of their work so far during a meeting Wednesday night in the gymnasium. Townspeople voted last year to leave School Administrative District 44 and start their own school. The most important thing, startup administrator Jack Turcotte said, was […]
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Andover selectmen OK soliciting bids for fuel prices
ANDOVER — Selectmen voted 3-0 Tuesday night to solicit bids for fuel prices for 2015-16 and scheduled a workshop for Saturday morning to review changes to two property tax maps. Board of Selectmen Chairman Jim Adler said that last year, town buildings used 5,600 gallons of No. 2 heating oil and town vehicles used 4,040 […]
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Bethel woman consumed heroin in front of infant, police say
PARIS — Police said a Bethel woman faces multiple felony drug charges for trafficking heroin while in the presence of her infant daughter. Morgan McKinney, 19, appeared in Oxford County Superior Court on Monday afternoon on charges of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, conspiracy, hindering apprehension and endangering the welfare of a child. According to an […]
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Bethel Historical Society’s “Lincoln and the Civil War” program draws crowd
BETHEL — More than 25 people attended the Bethel Historical Society’s program “Lincoln and the Civil War” on Saturday afternoon at the Dr. Moses Mason House. The program marked the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865. The society displayed exhibits from a private collection featuring original letters signed by Lincoln, […]