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Working: Oak Hill’s new school resource officer

SABATTUS — Hired fresh out of college, John Dalbec spent almost 30 years on the force at the Cumberland Police Department, 25 of them in local schools, eventually becoming the department’s first school resource officer. He retired in late June, saying goodbye to Cumberland, and soon, to his house in Old Orchard. Next up, a whole […]

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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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Oak Hill reopens today after threat

WALES — Oak Hill High School will reopen Friday after Maine State Police and K-9 units searched the building Thursday morning because of a threat scrawled on a bathroom wall Wednesday. Regional School Unit 4 Superintendent Andrew Carlton sent out a note Thursday to parents saying the school would reopen Friday, but that all Thursday […]

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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 […]