PAUL SMITHS, N.Y. — Zachary Smith of East Dixfield has been named to the dean’s list at Paul Smith’s College for the fall 2014 semester. Smith, who is majoring in forestry, earned a semester average of 3.3 or higher to receive this distinction. Smith was also named an Adirondack Scholar, having achieved a cumulative average […]
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Medicare qualification
WALES — A story that ran on Page B2 of Wednesday’s City Edition about the RSU 4 school board should have said teachers qualify for Medicare at 65. it was a reporting error.
RSU 4 board approves retirement incentives, more than a dozen teachers lined up already
WALES — The school board unanimously voted in favor of offering retirement incentives Wednesday night, and 18 teachers have already taken them up on it. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said Thursday that nine teachers had told him they’d be interested in retiring at the end of this school year and another nine at the end of […]
RSU 4 weighs paying teachers to retire
WALES — On Wednesday night, the school board will weigh whether to give up to five $4,000 annual payments to teachers on the cusp of retiring as incentive to make it official. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said Regional School Unit 4 is not looking to trim staff; the plan is to rehire for those positions. Payments […]
Well done – Students honored at colleges
ORONO — Kelsey Renee Wilson of Peru has accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first-year and second-year college students. Kelsey is the daughter of Bryan and Tracy Wilson of Peru. Wilson attends […]
Oak Hill High School honor roll
SABATTUS — Oak Hill High School has announced the fall semester honor roll. Grade nine High honors: Anna Dodge, Michaela Gervais, Linus Obenhaus. Honors: Benjamin Bossie, Emma Christman, Kaya Conley, Katie Courser, Sydney Drew, Lauren Garand, Alexandra Hall, Makayla Hilchey, Morgan Nelson, Maegan Sheehy, Rylea-Mae Swan, Lindsey Weeks, Cordelia Wood, Shelby Wood, Kiera-Caley Young. Grade […]
Firefighters need plow to battle Litchfield blaze
LITCHFIELD — A storage building on Richmond Road burned flat Wednesday afternoon as firefighters plowed through deep snow to reach it. Crews from Litchfield, Monmouth, Wales, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Richmond and other towns went to 482 Richmond Road at about 4 p.m. after an off-duty firefighter saw smoke rising from the the long, aluminum-roofed building. An official […]
Litchfield man enjoys life on stage as Johnny Cash
One day while working at Bull Moose music store in Lewiston in 2003, a co-worker told Scott Moreau that he needed to listen to a record by Johnny Cash. A disinterested Moreau said, “I don’t really like country music.” His co-worker put the record on the store’s music system, anyway. That introduction changed Moreau’s life. […]
Multiple crashes plague Maine Turnpike on Monday
UPDATED 12:10 P.M.: Maine Turnpike officials reducded speed limits to 45 mph on the turnpike from the New Gloucester Barrier Toll at Mile 67 to the end of the turnpike at Mile 109. Maine State Police asked for the reduced speed because of blowing snow on Interstate 95. UPDATED 11:20 A.M.: Two crashes involving several vehicles in […]
Well Done – Students honored for college achievements
FRANKLIN, Mass. — Vincent Ratsavong of Turner and Brandi Lavigne of Greene have earned dean’s list status for the fall 2014 semester at Dean College. — GREENVILLE, S.C. — The following Bob Jones University students were included on the president’s list for grades achieved during the fall 2014 semester. To qualify, students must earn a […]