WALES — Fifteen students from Oak Hill High School were chosen to attend Boys and Girls State this year. American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for U.S. high school students. A participatory program in which students become part of the operation of local, county and […]
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River Valley youth bound for Boys State
RUMFORD — Post 24, American Legion, has selected Cameron Gallant, Bryce Cormier, Aaron Cameron, Skyler Santillo, William Sorensen, Garrett Garbarini, Ethan Laubauskas and Gabriel Ladd, students at Mountain Valley High School, and Alex Gorham from Dirigo High School, to participate in the American Legion Boys State. The program, a one-week intensive education program of government […]
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Delegates wanted to attend American Legion Boys State
RUMFORD — The American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans’ organization, is inviting all members of the River Valley Area to join them in sponsoring young men to attend the American Legion’s 71th annual Dirigo Boys State this summer. “These young men are the future leaders of America,” said Bill Petrie, commander of Napoleon Ouellette Post […]
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Lions support Boys State
The Jay-Livermore Falls Lions Club hosts Don Simoneau, left, American Legion Boys State chairman, at a recent meeting in Livermore Falls. After a presentation on the operation of Boys State, Lions president, right, presented Simoneau with a check in the amount of $300 to sponsor a Spruce Mountain High School student to the 2017 Boys […]
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Cartoonist’s son accepts Paul LePage’s apology, says he wasn’t offended
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage issued a handwritten apology to the son of a Bangor newspaper cartoonist who LePage quipped he would like to shoot. LePage made the comment to Nick Danby, the son of Bangor Daily News cartoonist George Danby, during a question and answer period at Dirigo Boys State in June. Earlier […]
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Seven River Valley youths going to Boys State in Waterville
RUMFORD — Seven Mountain Valley High School students will participate in the upcoming American Legion Boys State program in Waterville. Kirk Thurston, American Legion District 5 commander, said Monday in an email the students are Dalton Milledge, Logan Benedix, Corbin Arsenault, Bradley Marshall, Thomas Marshall, Caleb Gauvin and Andrew Cole. Maine Boys State will be […]