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Earning college credit in high school

AUBURN — Megan Perkett graduated from high school about two weeks ago, yet she will be a college sophomore this fall. Perkett, 18, plans to attend Saint Joseph’s College in Standish to study nursing. She is able to skip a year of college because she, while at Edward Little High School, took early college courses. Those courses will […]

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Cynthia R. Bosse

AUBURN — Cynthia R. Bosse, 71, of 16 Brentwood Drive, Auburn, died June 13 at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice in Auburn, after a courageous battle with kidney cancer. Born in Lewiston on Sept. 9, 1946, she was the daughter of Rene and Filomena Talarico Beaulieu. Rene worked as a janitor in […]

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Edward Little Class of 2018: ‘Be kind to yourself’

AUBURN — Auburn Schools Superintendent Katy Grondin advised the Class of 2018 at Edward Little High School to “be kind to yourself,” before handing out diplomas to the 192 graduates Saturday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. “The greatest relationship you will have in your life is the one you have with yourself,” she said. […]

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Edward Little seniors visit Auburn elementary schools

Edward Little High School senior Tabitha Charest swings Wednesday with kindergarten student Avah Silva, 6, at Walton Elementary School in Auburn. Charest and Kelzie Caron, pushing Silva, are two of 19 former Walton students who visited their old school before graduating this weekend. Graduates visited each of the six Auburn elementary schools Wednesday to inspire […]

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Donna R. Thompson

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Donna Rose (Dunlop) Thompson, of Chicopee, Mass., passed away due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Sunday, May 20, in Springfield, Mass. Donna was born June 28, 1946, in Lewiston. She graduated from Edward Little High School in 1965. She retired from LEGO Systems Inc. after 24 and a half years […]

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Auburn Ski Association receives $5,000 donation

Local Alpine and Nordic racers wear bibs purchased through a $5,000 donation from Emerson Toyota and the Toyota Dealer Match Program for the Auburn Ski Association. The donation also paid for racing bibs and a freelap portable timing system for Edward Little High School’s ski team. Auburn Middle School Alpine and Nordic ski teams stand […]

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Students leave classroom to help community

Students from Edward Little High School participate in the fourth annual Edward Little Community Day by volunteering at Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn. Students raked, scoured the trails for trash and cleaned up around the base lodge area. Promoting their efforts on social media using #ELGivesBack2018, Community Day for the high school is when […]

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Friday is 'Community Day' for EL students

AUBURN — If you notice a lot of Edward Little High School students out and about Friday, they’re not skipping school. Friday is the fourth annual Community Day for the high school, when students leave their classrooms and spend the day giving back.  More than 700 students in grades 9 through 11 will participate, Assistant […]

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ELHS hosting Culture Night

Sara Kalonda, left, speaks Friday with Edward Little High School students who will model fashions for the May 11 Culture Night at the Auburn school. Kalonda and others from the Cultural Student Association are planning the fourth annual event to be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the high school gym. EL students represent 23 […]

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'Maine history through a global lens'

Students from the Androscoggin Valley Educational Collaborative, background, listen to Edward Little High School students, standing on the stairs at Museum L-A in Lewiston, during Stories of Immigration on Thursday. Erin Towns’ Maine Cultural Heritage class at Edward Little High School in Auburn collected stories from their peers who have immigrated to Maine and shared […]