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Tripp Middle School wins top award for healthy meals
TURNER — Tripp Middle School has achieved the highest award possible for being a healthy school as part of first lady Michelle Obama’s HealthierUS School Challenge. Tripp is the first middle school in Maine to receive a Gold Award, said U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon, who came to the school Thursday to deliver […]
Turner vote, town meeting set
TURNER — The annual election of town officers will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 4, at the Town Office, followed by the town meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday. Elizabeth Bullard is running for Regional School Unit 52 director and Ralph Caldwell is up for re-election to the Board of Selectmen. The […]
DAR to honor students as good citizens
LEWISTON — The Many Dillingham Chapter, National Daughters of the American Revolution, Lewiston-Auburn, will honor six area high school seniors at a meeting to be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at the United Methodist Church in Auburn. The students are winners of the annual DAR Good Citizens Award and the DAR National Defense […]
Annie Castonguay receives MPA Principals Award at Leavitt
TURNER — Annie Castonguay of Leeds, a senior at Leavitt Area High School, has been selected to receive the 2013 Principal’s Award, Eben Shaw, principal, has announced. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. According to her nomination, “During her time […]
MSAD 52 Adult and Community Education classes announced
TURNER — MSAD 52 Adult & Community Education, at 486 Turner Center Road, will hold the following winter/spring lineup of classes that start from April 7-15. Exploring Microsoft Office: This introductory course is structured to each students the use of Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Basic computer skills are strongly recommended. […]
Well done – Students honored
MEDFORD, Mass. — Ben Armstrong, a graduate of Edward Little High School, was placed on the dean’s list for the fall 2013 term at Tufts University School of Engineering. He is a junior studying mechanical engineering and will be working for Sensata Technologies, a sensors and controls company in Attleboro, Mass., in May 2014. He […]
Paris police clear two people of interest in hit-and-run
PARIS — Two people identified by police as persons of interest in a fatal hit-and-run have been cleared of involvement in the case as investigators continue to chase leads across Western Maine. Xavier Fuentes, 16, of Turner, was killed on an unlit stretch of Route 117 sometime before 8:30 p.m. March 15. On Wednesday, police Chief […]