The “Candy Corn Fairy” gets a warm welcome from first-graders at Minot Consolidated School on Tuesday. Title 1 teacher Wendy Simard 10 years ago started the National Candy Corn Day tradition of visiting each classroom on Oct. 30. “Everyone knows I am crazy for candy corn,” said Simard, who hand-painted ceramic candy corns for all […]
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'Fast Freddie' surprises students with free bikes
James Crouse, 5, smiles at his mother, Clarissa Crouse, after the kindergarten student was given a bicycle Thursday at Minot Consolidated School. Crouse and eight other students from Nicole Chamberland’s applied academics classroom received bikes from the Fast Freddie Foundation. Turner cyclist Dennis Richardson and four-time U.S. National Road Race champion “Fast Freddie” Rodriguez of […]
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West Minot Grangers present dictionaries
Two members of West Minot Grange 42, Hester and David Gilpatric, presented the 24th edition student dictionaries to the third-graders at Minot Consolidated School. In front from left are students Kadi Adams-Brossman, Eliot Rioux, Aubrey Fortin, Nathan Bragdon, Liam Davis and Brooklin Pratt; and, back, teachers Jen French and Linda Bernier.
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Minot Consolidated School hosts veterans for lunch
Minot Consolidated School fourth-graders, from left, Damon Howze, Mason Dulworth and Miguel Cyr, help classmates lead the school and assembled veterans in the Pledge of Allegiance in the gym Wednesday afternoon. For the 11th consecutive year, veterans were invited to lunch and an uplifting program to honor their service. Howze’s and Dulworth’s mothers are veterans and […]
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Campbell named Minot fire chief
MINOT — Selectmen officially appointed Dean Campbell as fire chief on Monday, a week after members of the volunteer fire company elected him as their leader. Campbell assured the board that citations from the Maine Bureau of Labor Standards’ recent inspection had been addressed and a report forwarded to Augusta over a week ago. Town […]
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Callahan, Cesare elected to Minot board
MINOT — Veteran Selectman Dan Callahan was re-elected to his fourth full term in Friday’s election. Callahan received 49 votes. Joining him on the board will be Lisa Cesare who also received 49 votes. She will succeed Dean Campbell, who chose not to run for re-election. A third candidate, William Perry, had 43 votes. There […]
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Minot board reviews Community Day events
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday discussed events scheduled for Community Day, which begins at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, with a 5K run. The run starts at the new athletic fields behind the Minot Consolidated School and proceeds along the network of walking trails. Fire Chief Dean Campbell told the board that the Fire Department […]