An activity fee imposed on all SAD 15 students in grades six through 12 was rescinded by the school board Wednesday by a 9-1 vote.

The board’s action to abolish the policy adopted in June arose from information received recently from the district’s attorneys.

The activity fee was earmarked to support the cost of transportation for extracurricular and athletic activities.

Minot:

Motocross track gets time to comply

The Planning Board’s recommendation that Hemond Moto-X Park be given until July to show it can come into compliance with the town’s noise ordinance didn’t sit well with some of the track’s neighbors.

“It’s too bad you people are allowing this to go on. It’s going to be embarrassing to this town,” said Center Minot Hill Road resident Richard Thayer.

The Planning Board Tuesday night made its recommendation, which selectmen had requested, following Gregory Cunningham’s presentation of Donald and Serae Hemond’s plans.

Cunningham handed board members a letter from Scott Bodwell, engineer for Resource Systems Engineering, which suggested that previous sound studies used a “pausing technique” to record sound levels that would not accurately represent continuous motocross activity for a minute. The pausing technique was used to eliminate traffic noise on Route 119.

Lewiston:

Meeting to get towns talking

LEWISTON – Leaders from Androscoggin County cities and towns took a plan for more cooperation back home with them Wednesday night.

Over dinner in the Lewiston Multi-Purpose Center elected leaders from seven communities and the county talked about ways to work together and combine services.

Then, with copies of a resolution pledging more cooperation, they walked across the street to the Central Maine Civic Center and attended a Lewiston Maineiacs hockey game.

Jim Bennett, Lewiston city administrator, said Wednesday’s meeting was designed to get the towns talking about ways to pool their efforts.

“There’s a chance that we could save some money here,” Bennett said.

Lewiston:

Three charged in drug arrest

Police arrested three men at Maine Turnpike Exit 13 Wednesday night and charged the trio with bringing crack cocaine into the city.

Officers stopped the car the men were riding in after receiving a tip that they had recently purchased crack cocaine in Massachusetts.

Police and drug agents who searched the Chevrolet Prizm said they found crack rocks hidden in various locations inside the car.

The three men were searched, handcuffed and loaded into cruisers, charge with drug trafficking and importation of crack.

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