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Fearful of violence, central Maine schools deploy police officers, other resources

WALES — No day is quite the same for John Dalbec, the school resource officer in Regional School Unit 4. He’s based at Oak Hill High School in Wales. From there, he travels to the middle and elementary schools across the district, which stretches from Litchfield to Sabattus. On an October morning when most kids […]

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RSU 4 students learn outdoor skills

Nine-year-old Kaylynn Washburn, a third-grader at Carrie Ricker School in Litchfield, points her solar panel toward the sun Thursday while trying to create enough electricity to make her fan spin at Smithfield Plantation, also in Litchfield. Fifteen volunteer presenters taught five classes of third-graders a variety of outdoor-related lessons, including survival, owl pellets, every tree for […]

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RSU 4 spending plan approved

WALES — The Regional School Unit 4 board of directors voted Wednesday night to approve a $19.1 million spending plan. The plan will next be put before the voters at referendum. Superintendent Andrew Carlton said that after a couple hours of discussion, all articles passed as proposed. The spending plan is $350,000 more than the […]

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RSU 4 budget vote Wednesday

WALES — The Regional School Unit 4 board of directors will hold a hearing on the 2018-19 budget at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Oak Hill High School gym. The board is recommending a $19.1 million spending plan, which is $350,000 more than this fiscal year. It is a 1.87 percent increase. “Our goal this […]

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Auburn Citizen of the Year: Allyson Casares

Allyson Casares, center, is surprised by a waiting crowd at Martindale Country Club as she walks into the banquet room Thursday night where she was named Auburn Citizen of the Year. Flanking her are her children and husband, from left, Andrew, Peter and Olivia. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Design a model citizen and you […]

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RSU 4 superintendent issues message in wake of suicide

WALES — Regional School Unit 4 Superintendent Andrew Carlton has advised parents that counseling services are being provided following the suicide of a student Friday. He offered the district’s sympathies to the student’s family and friends. “Because of our close school community, this death touches everyone,” Carlton wrote in a message to parents in Litchfield, […]

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Tests find no problem with Libby-Tozier classroom in Litchfield after strange smell

LITCHFIELD — A group of students at Libby-Tozier School in Litchfield were removed from their classroom for more than a week after a strange smell was detected in the room. But the district has tested the air and carpeting in the classroom and found no evidence of any contaminants, according to Andrew Carlton, superintendent of […]