WALES — Voters have given another tentative yes to the RSU 4 school budget. About 70 people showed up Wednesday night for the public budget vote, a required precursor to the full school budget referendum. The meeting took about an hour and, by the end of it, voters had approved a $17.6 million budget for […]
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Missing cats baffle neighborhood
LITCHFIELD — Posters? Check. Laminator? Check. Special neon paper to really grab the eye? Check and check. In the long search to find her missing cat, Linda Desrosier is sparing no time or expense. She’s hung more than a hundred posters all over Sabattus, Wales, Monmouth and Litchfield. She contacted the Maine Warden Service, consulted […]
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Military notes
NORFOLK, Va. — Navy Seaman Michaela M. Laplante, daughter of Shari Laplante of Greenville, Ill. and Guy C. Laplante of Lisbon, Maine, along with other sailors stationed aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman departed Naval Station Norfolk, Va., marking the start of the ship’s eight- to nine-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf. […]
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Take two: Oak Hill filmmakers shoot second film, second summer in a row
People began disappearing in the woods of Rocky Hills. Then rumors grew about strange experiments. And then Cutler wasn’t seen again. That’s the legend at the heart of the second feature-length film by a group of young Oak Hill High School grads. “The Bridge” opens with present-day college kids sitting around the campfire in Rocky […]
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RSU 4 board affirms new school budget, sends it to voters in late August
WALES — RSU 4 school board formally adopted a 2013-14 budget proposal Wednesday night to send to voters. The new amount, $17,625,741, reflects a difference to the tax base of $84,000 less than the budget turned down last month, Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said. The new budget cut $60,000 for elementary iPads and $9,000 for technology supplies […]
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In RSU 4, school budget drops a few pennies
WALES — The new budget approved at last week’s RSU 4 school board meeting wasn’t the budget directors meant to approve. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said on Monday that due to human error the new budget approved last week didn’t reflect the board’s intention to cut $69,000 from the technology budget. On Wednesday, directors will be […]
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Gwen Fraser: Hard work, passion and cookies on the road to success
skipped seventh grade and then threw herself into high school. Band. Chorus. Plays. She joined Oak Hill High School’s legislative assembly. She started a school newspaper. She also squeaked in odd jobs to help pay for her dream school, Brandeis University. Summer camp work. Baby sitting. Horse sitting. In June, Fraser graduated in the top […]
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Fees up, iPads out: RSU 4 crafts new school budget proposal
WALES — Regional School Unit 4 directors have slashed proposed elementary iPad funds and raised activity fees to craft a third 2013-14 budget. It will get a show-of-hands vote on Wednesday, Aug. 21, and a referendum at the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The first school budget failed in referendum in June, the second in […]
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Well done
BIDDEFORD — Brianna Bisesti was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of New England. She graduated May 18 with a Bachelor of Science in athletic training, cum laude. She’s the daughter of Jim and Nancy Bisesti of Greene. She received the American College of Sports Medicine Biomechanics Interest Group […]
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Lack of school budget holds up tax bills in Sabattus
Tax bills will be late in Sabattus. Selectmen had hoped to set the new mill rate Tuesday night, but hopes sank after voters rejected the school budget a second time last week. Instead, they asked the town manager to look for additional municipal cuts and opted to wait and see. “We’re going to wait until […]