MEXICO — The halls and classrooms of Mountain Valley Middle School were abuzz with the voices of children who were having fun learning about science experiments and robotics, writing plays and creating art as the Western Foothills Kids Association summer program ended its third week on Thursday. Coordinator Barbara Radmore said an average of 175 […]
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Recreational marijuana bills could forestall statewide ballot measures
AUGUSTA — For state Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, it’s not a matter of if Maine will legalize marijuana for recreational use, but how it will do so. Also now at stake is whether Maine voters will get to weigh in this year or next. Russell and state Rep. Mark Dion, D-Portland, both have bills before […]
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Assistant superintendent Gloria Jenkins resigns from RSU 10
DIXFIELD — Longtime assistant superintendent and curriculum coordinator Gloria Jenkins submitted her resignation to the Regional School Unit 10 board Monday night, effective at the end of the current school year. She is retiring from her position. Jenkins began her position as curriculum, instruction and assessment coordinator in 1999 with the former School Administrative District […]
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Maine marijuana votes foreshadow statewide push for legalization
SOUTH PORTLAND — Maine might soon be going to pot. Ballot questions about the legalization of marijuana in two Maine cities are a run-up to a statewide legalization drive in 2016, pro-marijuana activists say. They hope success in Tuesday’s election is a bellwether for a statewide vote to legalize the drug. Pro-pot activists are also […]
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Woodsmen chop through the Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — David Clement and Don Winslow leaned forward slightly in their chairs from the announcers’ box in the grandstand, overlooking the woodsmen about to burst into action upon their countdown. It’s a view they shared together at the annual Saco Valley Woodsmen’s Field Day — a host of chopping, sawing and ax-throwing competitions, showcasing the […]
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Woodsmen chop through the Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — David Clement and Don Winslow leaned forward slightly in their chairs from the announcers’ box in the grandstand, overlooking the woodsmen about to burst into action upon their countdown. It’s a view they shared together at the annual Saco Valley Woodsmen’s Field Day — a host of chopping, sawing and ax-throwing competitions, showcasing the […]
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Four Dirigo High School students to attend virtual academy
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board learned Monday night that four Dirigo High School students are now attending a virtual charter high school. Superintendent Craig King said the district will receive the state subsidy for the students, but then the district must send a check for that amount to the virtual academy as part of […]
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Rumford board has lengthy agenda
RUMFORD — Selectmen will have a lengthy agenda to tackle at their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Rumford Falls Auditorium. There are four old-business items on the agenda. These include Peter Orino’s request to permanently close McKenzie Hill, an update on the 2007 street sweeper by Public Works Superintendent Andy Russell, appointment of the […]
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Leaky high school roof creates sense of ‘urgency,’ superintendent says
RUMFORD — Hundreds of buckets line the Mike Puiia Gymnasium, several classrooms and the Muskie auditorium to collect water pouring in from the roof of Mountain Valley High School. Yearly roof inspections didn’t anticipate the number of leaks caused by a couple of ice storms in December and January. Buildings and Grounds Director Kenny Robbins […]
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MDEA agent: Slug bait, porn magazines link Township 37 pot farm to locations owned by defendant
BANGOR — The lead investigator in the Township 37 marijuana case testified Friday in federal court that many of the items seized as evidence at the site where nearly 3,000 mature marijuana plants were cultivated also were found at a nearby warehouse and in a home and hunting camp owned by one of the defendants. […]