FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy’s Class of 2017 Project Graduation Committee is hosting two events this month. On Saturday, March 25, the school’s 27th annual auction will be held at the gym. The auction preview will be at 4 p.m. and the auction will begin at 5:30. There will be hundreds of chance and silent auction […]
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Fryeburg Academy celebrating 225th anniversary
FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy is celebrating its 225th anniversary next month with an exhibition and recollections from alumni. It is planned for 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. Refreshments will be served. While Fryeburg Academy celebrated its bicentennial, Communications Director Laura Ayer said she “doesn’t know if we have had […]
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High court upholds Fryeburg Academy land use
FRYEBURG — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Tuesday a 2014 vote by the Planning Board that allowed Fryeburg Academy to use two parcels of leased land to teach outdoor classes and house administrative offices. In the background for the court’s decision, Justice Ellen Gorman wrote that on Oct. 10, 2014, Fryeburg Academy submitted permit […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Fryeburg scores late in victory over Oak Hill
With five minutes remaining in the game, Fryeburg shot the ball towards the goal and it hit some body parts and found its way into the net to break a 1-1 tie. Fryeburg would hold onto for a 2-1 victory and move on to the regional quarterfinals, where it will face the York Wildcats. The […]
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Police respond to Fryeburg Academy threat
FRYEBURG — A threat found in a girl’s bathroom forced the lockdown of Fryeburg Academy on Wednesday as police searched the school for explosives. None were found. Police were called to the school at about 1:30 p.m. Students were taken to a secure area while Maine State Police explosive-sniffing dogs were sent in to search […]
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Thomas ‘Tom’ Pingree
1950 – 2016 DENMARK — Thomas “Tom” Pingree, 65, of Denmark died unexpectedly, Friday, April 1, at his home in Denmark. He was born on April 20, 1950, in Bridgton, the only child of Elwood Pingree and Elma (Pingree) Lord. He attended local schools, graduating from Fryeburg Academy in 1969. He went on to attend […]
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Fryeburg Academy welcoming back Casey Sherman
FRYEBURG – Fryeburg Academy welcomes back bestselling author and alumnus Casey Sherman, Class of 1988, on Wednesday, March 9. Sherman’s 2009 novel, “The Finest Hours,” is now a Disney-produced film playing in theaters worldwide. His book, “Boston Strong,” chronicling the Boston Marathon bombings, has also been picked up for a movie deal with Mark Wahlberg. […]
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Class A South girls’ quarterfinal: Leavitt stings Fryeburg Academy
PORTLAND — Leavitt girls basketball coach Dave Gerrish pulled his team aside between the third and fourth quarters of their Class A South quarterfinal against Fryeburg Academy on Monday, and had a simple message: “We can win this game.” The Hornets and Raiders were tied after a late-third-quarter Leavitt run erased a seven-point deficit. And […]
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Jeffrey Allen
1948 – 2015 WATERFORD — Jeffrey Allen of Waterford, 67, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, at home, with his wife by his side, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Feb. 27, 1948, a son of Rex and Geraldine (Gallaway) Allen. Raised in Lovell, he graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1966 and attended […]
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Acclaimed journalist’s exhibit opens at Fryeburg Academy
FRYEBURG — Before the awards and the best-selling books, Casey Sherman was a transplant from Cape Cod trying to make sense of life after the death of his father. Now, decades after graduating from Fryeburg Academy as class president, Sherman said he’s giving back to the school that changed his life. “I began going down a […]