Sun Journal reporter Lindsay Tice did an outstanding job in her front-page article on towns withdrawing from regional school units (Aug. 26). Her thoughtful analysis of this complex subject, clearly very well-researched, was balanced and informative with information from many different sources all over the state that is really helpful to anyone considering this important […]
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Isabella group met in August RUMFORD — The Daughters of Isabella St. Timothy Circle 504 celebrated “Christmas in August” on Aug. 12 at 49 Franklin St. The ladies enjoyed a meal and played games with money prizes awarded. Committee members were Simonne Rafuse, Lorraine Barre, Viola Worcester and Marie Coffin. Flower fest winners named DIXFIELD […]
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Leaving SAD 44 a possibility for Andover
ANDOVER — Seventeen months after the formation of the Save Our School Committee, the public informational meeting to explain an upcoming vote to try to keep the tiny Andover Elementary School open was held Tuesday night in the historic Town Hall. More than 75 residents, as well as a few people from neighboring Dixfield who […]
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New staff at AES, new way of learning at SAD 44
While the town of Andover is beginning the process of a possible withdrawal from the district, virtually all staff at the elementary school will change when classes begin. Superintendent David Murphy said Megan Smith will become the school’s new kindergarten-grade 1 teacher, and Karen Thurston, who had previously taught in RSU 10, will teach grades […]
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Andover sets public info session, vote on possible withdrawal from SAD 44
ANDOVER — A public informational session on the possibility of withdrawing from SAD 44 is scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Town Hall by the Stand Alone Committee/Save Our School Committee. Then, three weeks later, from noon until 8 p.m. Sept. 18, residents will decide whether they want to form a withdrawal committee […]
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Jameson H. Goughnour
AUBURN — Jameson H. Goughnour, 68, a resident of Andover and formerly of Lewiston, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the Hospice House with his loving family by his side. He was born April 10, 1944, in Lewiston, the son of Gloria Castonguay Goughnour and attended Lewiston schools. He was a 1963 graduate of […]
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Ride for St. Jude’s
Ellis River Rider members Cheryl Foley, Deb Cayer, Tim Tobin and Brenda Marchessault, along with several others, rode their horses for eight miles on July 28 to raise money for St. Jude’s Hospital. The ride left from the Ellis River Rider show grounds on Airport Road in Andover and followed the “pink loop.” Ellis River […]
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Correction: Andover accident Saturday
ANDOVER — A story published on Page B1 of the River Valley edition Wednesday should have said a local man was seriously injured on Saturday night in an accident. It was a reporting error.
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Andover man seriously injured in truck crash
ANDOVER — An local man was seriously injured Saturday night when his pickup truck hit a utility pole and trees, Oxford County Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Timothy Holland said Tuesday afternoon. Jeffrey Freeman, 34, was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where he was in intensive care on Monday night, Holland […]