BRIDGTON — On Friday, May 19, the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club honored 9 Citizens of the Month (COM) from Lake Region High School (LRHS) at a celebratory breakfast at the Bridgton Community Center. Each senior COM received a certificate, a gift card, and information about Rotary. Accompanied by parents and guardians, the eight who were […]
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Dean’s List
Grove City GROVE CITY, PA — Kaylynn Johnson, a Psychology-BS major at Grove City College from Otisfield, has been named to the Dean’s List with High Distinction for the spring semester 2023. Kaylynn is a 2021 graduate of Homeschool and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Johnson (Charity) from Otisfield. Students eligible for […]
College planning sessions offered
REGION — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free individualized sessions, Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 & over who are looking for a new career or returning to higher education. The sessions are being held at the following dates and times: Virtual: Monday, June 26 at 9 & 11 a.m. Wednesday, […]
Dean’s List
SNHU MANCHESTER, NH — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates Garth Thompson of Naples on being named to the Winter 2023 Dean’s List. The winter terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term […]
Nason receives educational leadership award
Buffy Nason receives Leadership Award at the Maine Education Association Retired Convention at the Augusta Civic Center on May 4. PARIS — Buffy Nason of Otisfield was secretary in the guidance office at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School for 25 years. She was an active member of the Oxford Hills Education Association. A unified […]
Vocational Ed students build Little Free Libraries
BRIDGTON — Charles (Chaz) Reed, a carpentry teacher at the Vocational Education (Voc Ed) program of Lakes Region High School, is having his classes build four Little Free Libraries for the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club. The libraries are small weather-proof bookcases that will be placed in neighborhoods to enable people to share books 24/7. Each […]
Poland students qualify for National Speech/Debate competition
POLAND — PRHS Speech and Debate students have qualified for the National Competition in Louisville, Kentucky on May 25-29. This is the second year in a row that Audrey Fryda and Cheyenne Toth, both juniors, have qualified for Nationals, and they went to Washington DC last year. This is the first year participating in […]
MEOC upcoming sessions
AREA — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free individualized sessions, Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and over who are looking for a new career or returning to higher education. The sessions are being held on the following dates and times: Virtual: Monday, June 12 at 9 & 11 a.m. Wednesday, […]
Worster STAR student
HARRISON — Maine Connections Academy’s STAR Student of the Month for April 2023 is Skyy Worster, an 11th-grade student from Harrison. The STAR Student recognition is awarded to a Maine Connections Academy scholar who embodies the school’s values and spirit. Skyy is committed to giving back to her community one gymnastics lesson at a time. […]
OHCA presents ‘My Man Godfrey’
OXFORD — Oxford Hills Christian Academy’s Merely Players theatre troupe will present the 1930s screwball comedy “My Man Godfrey”, adapted for stage by Eric K. Hatch. As the Great Depression rages, a down-on-his-luck Godfrey gets a job as a butler for the wealthy – but nutty- Bullock family. There he makes friends, and enemies, as […]