WALES — Voters in Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales approved a $19.17 million spending plan for Regional School Unit 4 Tuesday. Sabattus voters approved the budget 523-186, Litchfield approved it 419-378 and Wales voters approved it 216-76. The budget is up $355,984, or 1.89 percent, from this fiscal year’s $18.81 million. The majority of the increase […]
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Controversial RSU 4 budget up for vote
Voters in the towns of Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales will consider a $19.17 million spending plan for Regional School District 4 when they head to the polls on Tuesday. That proposed budget is up $355,984, or 1.89 percent, from this year’s $18.81 million budget. The only two new spending proposals are the hiring of a […]
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Memorial Day events
The following Memorial Day observations are scheduled for the weekend: Saturday LEWISTON: Memorial Day parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Kennedy Park, move to Auburn and back again over the Longley Bridge, ending at Veterans Memorial Park at Main and Lincoln streets. The ceremony will begin around 10:30 a.m. Units invited include veterans’ posts […]
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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 […]
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Wednesday storm could delay last day of school
For now, the last scheduled day of school in Lewiston and Auburn is Friday, June 15. A snowstorm expected Wednesday could change that. “Wednesday isn’t looking good,” Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster said. A winter storm watch is in effect for most of Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters said they expect significant snowfall […]