WALES — Superintendent Jim Hodgkin presented a revised Regional School Unit 4 budget of $18,564,945, reduced $51,000 from the budget rejected last month, to approximately 44 voters at the town meeting Wednesday evening. Hodgkin opened the meeting with a short presentation explaining how the reduced budget had been configured and expressed his satisfaction in the […]
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Oak Hill principal returning to teaching
SABATTUS — The opening — his opening — came this past spring when a fifth-grade teaching position opened at up at Carrie Ricker School. Jeff Ireland called the principal. What did she think? He asked the superintendent the same, then the school board. Ireland, Oak Hill Middle School’s principal — its only principal since it […]
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Elmer R. Ames
1924 – 2015 AUBURN — Elmer R. Ames, 90, of Litchfield, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice in Auburn, following a long illness. He was born in Swanville, on May 5, 1924, a son of the late Libbeus and Lillian (Sylvester) Ames. After living in […]
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Sandra Ellis
1937 – 2015 MONMOUTH — Sandra Ellis, 77, passed away on Wednesday, April 22. She was born June 28, 1937, to Viola Smith Ellis and Edward “Bill” Ellis in Gardiner. She attended Farmingdale Grammar School and graduated from Gardiner High School in 1955. She served in the Air Force, joining in September 1955. On Nov. […]
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Merrill O. Harvey
1931 – 2015 LITCHFIELD — Merrill O. Harvey was born in Gardiner on Oct. 11, 1931, the youngest son of Charles H. and Evelyn Smith Harvey. He attended Litchfield schools and graduated from Litchfield Academy in 1950. He worked in construction and then spent four years in the Navy, after which he worked at Pratt […]
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Roxie Ann Johnson
1931 – 2015 LEWISTON — Roxie Ann Johnson, 83, a resident of Litchfield, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, April 19, in Lewiston. She was born Aug. 24, 1931, in Clermont, Ga. She is survived by her son, the Rev. Neal Johnson and his wife, Patricia, of Litchfield; her daughter, Lisa […]
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Randolph woman pleads guilty to sex trafficking in Litchfield
AUGUSTA — A Randolph woman has pleaded guilty to prostitution charges related to a brothel she ran in Litchfield. Gretchen Patrick pleaded guilty in the Kennebec County Superior Court on Thursday to felony attempted aggravated sex trafficking and misdemeanor sex trafficking. The Kennebec Journal reports that the 52-year-old Patrick was placed on deferred disposition for […]
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RSU 4 sets $18.82 million budget, adds five positions
WALES — In a 7-2 vote, the Regional School Unit 4 board approved a budget Wednesday that would add five positions, fix fields, replace laptops and set the stage to consider closing the last two community elementary schools. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said the $18.82 million budget is 3.8 percent higher than this fiscal year. “As […]
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Oak Hill senior received principal’s award
LITCHFIELD — Kyle Flaherty of Litchfield, a senior at Oak Hill High School, has been selected to receive the 2015 Principal’s Award, Principal Patricia Doyle has announced. Flaherty is the son of Moses and Diana Flaherty. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement […]