WALES — The Eastern Star Training and Religious Scholarship fundraising supper will be held Tuesday, Aug. 13, at Lakeside Chapter 60, Order of the Eastern Star. It will be at the Grange/Masonic Hall, 322 Centre Road, at 6 p.m. sharp. Lakeside will be hostess and provide the main dish for the supper. Pioneer Chapter of […]
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Shirley M. Howe
1949 – 2013 LEWISTON — Shirley M. Howe, 64, of Sabattus, passed away Monday, Aug. 5, at Central Maine Medical Center with her close family by her side. She was born in Fort Kent on July 11, 1949, the daughter of Joseph and Jeannette (Albert) Godin. She married the love of her life, Donald E. […]
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Sabattus nomination papers available Monday
SABATTUS — Nomination papers will be available Monday, Aug. 12, at the Town Office. Vacancies include two selectmen seats and one seat on the RSU 4 Board of Directors. Papers may be picked up during normal office hours of Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; […]
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In RSU 4, school budget drops a few pennies
WALES — The new budget approved at last week’s RSU 4 school board meeting wasn’t the budget directors meant to approve. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said on Monday that due to human error the new budget approved last week didn’t reflect the board’s intention to cut $69,000 from the technology budget. On Wednesday, directors will be […]
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Fees up, iPads out: RSU 4 crafts new school budget proposal
WALES — Regional School Unit 4 directors have slashed proposed elementary iPad funds and raised activity fees to craft a third 2013-14 budget. It will get a show-of-hands vote on Wednesday, Aug. 21, and a referendum at the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The first school budget failed in referendum in June, the second in […]
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Well done
BIDDEFORD — Brianna Bisesti was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of New England. She graduated May 18 with a Bachelor of Science in athletic training, cum laude. She’s the daughter of Jim and Nancy Bisesti of Greene. She received the American College of Sports Medicine Biomechanics Interest Group […]
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Radiologic technology students graduate
LEWISTON — The Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions celebrated with 20 graduating radiologic technology students and their families at a recent pinning ceremony. A number of awards were presented to graduating students, including the following: The Dr. Clark F. Miller Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement was awarded to Shana Connor […]
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Barbershop chorus takes show on the road
OXFORD — Members of the Mollyockett Chorus entertained over 300 people with the close harmony of barbershop style music July 12 and 13 with two shows at the Sawyer Memorial and one at the Denmark Arts Center. The 18-member, all-female vocal group presented “The Ockett Family Plans a Vacation” as its annual road show. The […]
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Lack of school budget holds up tax bills in Sabattus
Tax bills will be late in Sabattus. Selectmen had hoped to set the new mill rate Tuesday night, but hopes sank after voters rejected the school budget a second time last week. Instead, they asked the town manager to look for additional municipal cuts and opted to wait and see. “We’re going to wait until […]