PARIS — Two School Administrative District 17 elementary schools will have new principals this fall. Beth Clarke, who served as interim principal of the Agnes Gray School in West Paris this year, has been named principal of the Agnes Gray and Hebron Station schools. She will take over from Melanie Ellsworth, principal of the Hebron […]
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SAD 17 board approves $38.2M budget
PARIS – The SAD 17 Board of Directors unanimously approved the proposed $38.2 million fiscal 2016 budget at its meeting Monday night. The warrants for the June 4 budget meeting for voters in all eight district towns were expected to be delivered to each town office and posted Tuesday. The budget meeting will be held […]
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SAD 17 grudgingly pays bill for Maine’s charter schools
PARIS — The SAD 17 board of directors reluctantly agreed Monday night to pay a second-quarter bill of $25,471 for 13 students attending charter schools. “It isn’t without some protest, but we are legally obligated to pay it,” board member and Finance Committeeman Joe Vaillancourt said. The board budgeted for one student enrolled in a […]
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Community Dental board votes to keep Rumford branch open, with caveats
RUMFORD — The Community Dental board of directors voted Friday to reopen the Rumford branch, as long as certain requirements are met, Chief Executive Officer Lisa Kavanaugh said Monday afternoon. The branch closed July 2 after high winds from severe thunderstorms ripped off 30 percent of the roofing on the River Valley Technology Center, where […]
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SAD 17 board discusses fund balance for new fiscal year
PARIS — SAD 17 Business Manager Cathy Fanjoy Coffey told the SAD 17 Board of Directors on Monday night that the district ended the 2013-2014 fiscal year with a fund balance of $1.36 million. A total of $440,464 was unallocated in the new fiscal year budget. Coffey said the unaudited financial report of fiscal year […]
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SAD 17 principal report to board on school openings
PARIS — Building community among new staff, implementing new programs and making sure students are academic achievers are some of the goals principals mentioned to the SAD 17 board of directors Tuesday night. A total of 3,422 students from prekindergarten to grade 12 returned to the classroom last week. “It’s great to be back,” Oxford […]
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Hazardous chemicals removed from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
PARIS — Two hazardous chemicals found during a routine inspection of a physics lab at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School have been removed, Superintendent Rick Colpitts told directors this week. He said the chemicals were bromine and iodine, which were removed because they had expired dates. They were disposed of at a U.S. Environmental Protection […]
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SAD 44 board reviews program with University of Maine Learning Center
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board of directors held a public discussion on the new Telstar Regional High School/University of Maine 4-H Learning Center program Monday night at the school library. During its July 14 meeting, the board voted 15-1 to approve the program, which Superintendent David Murphy said would “get more freshman students off-site […]
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SeniorsPlus welcomes new board members
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus, located at 8 Falcon Road, recently welcomed new members Danielle Hinkley, Larry Morin and Linda Snyder to its board of directors. Hinkley is employed at North Country Associates. She works in the accounting and health insurance department located in Lewiston. She lives in Turner. Morin is employed at St. Mary’s Residences in […]