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PublishedNovember 13, 2018
Jay school artists share STEAM project with board members
LIVERMORE FALLS — Students in Regional School Unit 73 are showing their artistic sides. Specifically, the district’s board of directors learned Thursday about an art program at Spruce Mountain Elementary School. Art teacher Tamara Lindsey said her fifth-graders have been working on a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) project, and learning about Alexander Calder, […]
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PublishedNovember 13, 2018
Board hires teacher, makes safety recommendations
LIVERMORE FALLS — At the November 8 Regional School Unit 73 board meeting, directors received an update on the district’s safety committee and hired a Kindergarten teacher. Ashley Morneault was hired as a Kindergarten teacher for the Spruce Mountain Primary School in Livermore. Between June and September 13, Kindergarten enrollment had increased by 30 students. An […]
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PublishedNovember 12, 2018
Employer symposium provides networking, information
FARMINGTON — An employer symposium held November 9 at the Chef’s Table at Mt. Blue High School provided networking opportunities and information sharing. Sponsored by fcNET, a network which works with the Maine Community College system to bring community college courses to greater Franklin County, the session began with a sampling of delicacies created by culinary arts […]
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PublishedNovember 12, 2018
Veterans honored in Wilton
WILTON — On November 11 veterans were remembered, thanked and honored for their service with the laying of wreaths, speeches and patriotic music. People gathered at the American Legion Hall on Main Street at 1 p.m. Wilton resident and World War II veteran Cleon Fletcher and Lt. Col. David Giampetruzzi placed a wreath on the monument […]
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PublishedNovember 6, 2018
Watershed survey of ponds deemed important
JAY — A survey of watersheds for two ponds that supply drinking water to Livermore Falls and Jay is meant to recognize potential problems and fix them, according to information at a public hearing October 23. “This is not to catch people doing something wrong,” said Spruce Mountain High School Envirothon adviser Rob Taylor, whose students have […]
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PublishedNovember 1, 2018
Summer 2019 projected opening for Western Maine Play Museum
WILTON — At a meeting Tuesday, October 30, updates on the progress of the Western Maine Play Museum were shared. A summer 2019 opening is projected for the main part of the building. WMPM Vice President Lori Lewis shared how the museum had gotten to where it is today. Between 2013 when the vision of a play […]
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PublishedNovember 1, 2018
Seniors seeking assisted living are stymied
“This is a tough situation. I’m scared to death for Maine seniors. A new company took over for the state and they don’t have an effective plan,” Richard Dorian REGION — Woodlands Senior Living of Farmington recently opened its 58-bed assisted living facility. Many families expecting loved ones to move in are instead trying to get […]
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PublishedOctober 30, 2018
General and Referendum elections
JAY — The Spruce Mountain Middle School music program has exciting things happening this year. Instructor Dianne Fenlason said she received a $2,500 grant from the Oak Grove School Foundation, which was formed following the sale of Oak Grove-Coburn, a high school in central Maine. With those grant moneys, a new public address system was purchased. It […]
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PublishedOctober 30, 2018
Primary school library volunteers are ‘incredible’
LIVERMORE — Spruce Mountain Primary School librarian Cheryl Mills has a volunteer crew that is consistent and committed. “I believe it takes a village to raise a child and a great community to have good schools. We have that here at SMPS. The volunteers are vital to the management here in the library world,” Mills said. When […]
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PublishedOctober 23, 2018
Volunteers needed for LEGO League Qualifier
JAY — The Spruce Mountain Area Robotics Team (SMART) will host the 4th Annual Western Maine Lego League Qualifier on November 17 at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay. Up to 28 FIRST Lego League (FLL; FIRST stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology”) teams from central Maine will compete for awards and […]
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