Coach: Steve LaPointe (37th year) Conference: MVC Class: B South Last year’s record: 7-10, lost in Class C preliminary Returning players: Seniors — JT Greene, Curtis Steele, Alex Ridley, Tim Fitzgerald; Juniors — John Pepin, Nick Newman, Jacob Beauchesne, Jon Adley, Andrew Arsenault Key losses: Caleb Gauvin, Ian Austin, Logan Wilhoite, Tucker Rowland, Tom Marshall, Josh Mason. Promising newcomers: Senior — Austin […]
lapointe
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Coffee among offerings for students at Mountain Valley H.S.
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 Nutrition Director Jeanne LaPointe told board members Tuesday night that students at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford are now offered coffee. Other new menu offerings include dried fruit and low-fat beef jerky at all three high schools in Rumford, Dixfield and Buckfield, she said. The foods are included […]
advertisement
Posted inLocal Sports
2015 Mountain Valley football preview
Coach: Steve LaPointe (second year) Conference: South Class: C Last year’s record: 2-7, lost in Class C West quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Alan Carrier (T/DT), Alex Ridley (QB/CB), Ryley Flynn (CB/LB), Mike Provencher (RB/S), J.T. Greene (LB), Kevin Cogley (DT); Juniors — Kyle Farrar (RB/CB), Peter Cogley (G), Zach Duguay (C); Sophomores — Ian Brennick (G/MLB), […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Mountain Valley football: Kyle Farrar, big blockers make Falcons huge threat
RUMFORD — Perhaps it isn’t the fever pitch that surrounded the program for almost a quarter-century, but one look around the Mountain Valley football huddle reveals why the expectations are bigger than they’ve been for a while. Bigger, as in the 6-foot-3, 300-pound frame of four-year starting two-way tackle Alan Carrier. Or the dueling shadows of […]
Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley
River Valley students getting free meals
DIXFIELD — All 1,258 students at Mountain Valley High and Middle schools, and Rumford and Meroby elementary schools will receive free breakfasts and lunches when classes resume in the fall. Regional School Unit 10 nutrition director Jeanne Lapointe said that under the federal Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, 98 percent of the students qualify, based on […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
There’s snow keeping up: Shops buried in snowblower service, sales
LEWISTON — Paul Lapointe sold 36 new snowblowers over the past five days, all sight unseen and claimed before the delivery truck pulled in. A load of six more arrived Thursday and all were sold. The next delivery of 14 machines, each retailing between $1,000 and $1,500: half sold, as of 11 a.m. “It’s reminding […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Future of RSU 10 buildings topic of hearings
DIXFIELD — Goals approved by the Regional School Unit 10 board Monday night could bring major changes in the coming school year. One of the goals is to cost-effectively provide and maintain adequate buildings for students, which could mean closing or restructuring several of the 11 district buildings. The district has about 2,600 students. Superintendent […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
MVHS challenges SMHS to gather the most food
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board learned Monday that Mountain Valley and Spruce Mountain high schools have challenged each other to collect the most food for donation to the Good Shepherd Food-Bank. The board also heard an update of the new method used for cooking and distributing breakfasts and lunches to the the district’s 10 school […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
MVHS roof to be sealed; lunch program changes proposed
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board Monday approved having the roof at Mountain Valley High School sealed to stop the dozens of leaks that developed from ice and snow buildup this past winter. Sealing the roof, Buildings and Grounds Director Kenny Robbins said, will buy the district a couple of years. Tentative plans are to […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Lunch and breakfast prices increased at RSU 10
SUMNER — The RSU 10 board voted Monday night to raise the price of school lunches by 25 cents and begin charging $1.50 for breakfast for high school students, effective the next school year. They also decided by consensus not to pursue a federal School Improvement Grant for Mountain Valley Middle School. “We have some […]