On September 11, 2002, like many other schools across America, Eastgate Christian Academy grades K-12 gathered in the sanctuary for a short assembly to remember what happened one year ago on that day. The national anthem was played and the Pledge was recited by the entire student body. Students in Mrs. Cox’s history class and […]
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September 11 public heroes day
On September 11, 2002, at Sabattus Elementary School, we had Public Safety Heroes Day. Several people representing the Navy, Airforce, Army, Coast Guard, Sabattus Fire Department, Sabattus Police Department and area hospitals came to talk to us about their jobs and how 9/11/01 had affected them.The first speaker was Mrs. Kuhn from the Air Force. […]
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Leavitt marching band started a week early
When school started this year at Leavitt, most students came in wearing their new back-to-school outfits and being nervous about finding someone to sit with at lunch, but not the marching band. The band had already spent a week at the school and on the field, nailing 43 pages of drill and memorizing four songs, […]
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Elan School: Torment or treatment?
Some former students say their experience at the controversial school saved their lives. Others wonder whether they will ever recover from the abuse they say they suffered there decades ago.
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Panel backs Lepage worker
AUGUSTA – Terry Mikesell did not want to go public with his homosexuality. But he decided it was the only way to fight the harassment that he claims to have endured for nearly two decades at Lepage Bakeries. Mikesell, who lives in Auburn and has worked at the bakery since 1980, said Monday that he […]
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LePage expansion approved
LEWISTON – A lawyer representing F.R. LePage Bakeries Co. indicated Tuesday that the company would fold its business in the downtown area if Planning Board members did not approve plans for its expansion. “If it’s tabled then it will all go down,” attorney Kim A. Visbaras told the Planning Board. “I think LePage will make […]
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LePage bakes up expansion
LEWISTON – LePage Bakeries has something in the oven that will alter the face of the downtown. The company plans to build a $725,000 distribution center attached to its Lisbon Street bakery. The 20,000-square-foot center will require closing Birch Street from Lisbon to Park streets. It’ll extend the LePage building’s footprint easterly to 422 Lisbon […]
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Published March 5, 2000: Students, banks caught in Pierce’s march to monopoly
Richard Pierce wants you to believe three things. He wants you to believe he built a $470 million student loan operation, using tax-free public bonds for the sole purpose of helping Maine students go to college. He wants you to believe he built his operation with full legislative authority. And he wants you to believe […]
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Deborah Burchfield joins Franklin Health Internal Medicine
FARMINGTON — Nurse practitioner Deborah Burchfield, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, has joined the Franklin Memorial Hospital medical staff as a provider at Franklin Health. She is based at Franklin Health Internal Medicine, but will also provide care at Livermore Falls Family Practice and other primary care practices as needed. Burchfield has 25 years of patient care […]