LEWISTON — Martel Elementary School parents and other community members are invited to offer their input on which students should fill a new school that will replace Martel Elementary in the fall of 2017. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at Martel Elementary on Lisbon Street. The Lewiston School Redistricting Committee, which is charged with […]
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New Lewiston school redistricting panel gets to work Tuesday
LEWISTON — A new 22-member committee assigned with recommending which students should attend a new school will hold its first meeting Tuesday. The Redistricting Committee will meet from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Lewiston School Department’s Dingley Building on Oak Street. Before Lewiston plans the design and location for a new elementary school, the […]
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Lewiston School Committee OKs new redistricting panel
LEWISTON — The School Department will begin assembling a new 22-member redistricting committee in anticipation of a new, larger school to replace Martel Elementary, the School Committee decided Monday night. The state has told Superintendent Bill Webster that the city is in the 2017 funding cycle to replace the 1925 school building on Lisbon Street. […]
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Rumford board OKs taxi licenses, wants town website upgraded
RUMFORD — Selectmen approved licenses for two taxicab companies Thursday night and decided they wanted to jazz up the town website. The board also reappointed Jennifer Kreckel as town attorney. Gilbert Scott received a license for his new service, Private Taxi, which was delayed when Selectman Frank DiConzo asked board Chairman Greg Buccina if Scott […]
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Wanted man arrested after allegedly shooting pellet gun at Bangor park
BANGOR — A wanted man was caught Sunday by police after he decided to take a pellet gun to a park and a neighbor complained, Bangor police Sgt. Rob Angelo said. William Scott, 23, who is listed as a transient, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for unpaid fines, the sergeant said. “He was shooting […]
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Pay-to-play at Lewiston High rejected
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School athletes will not pay to play sports next year after the Lewiston School Committee Monday night rejected the proposal as a way to raise more money for sports. Several School Committee members said sports is an important part of learning, and charging athletes sends a bad message. The intention is […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust hosting Changing Nature talk
WOODSTOCK — The Mahoosuc Land Trust will host its third presentation in its Changing Nature series at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, at the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center in Bryant Pond. Ryder Scott, program director at the camp, will present “Changing Nature of Education for a Sustainable World,” said Jolan Ippolito, […]
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Critic outraged by Bath council’s secrecy about sale of hospital
BATH – A vocal critic of the city’s sale of the former Bath Memorial Hospital says he will seek support to initiate a recall of several city councilors who voted Wednesday not to make public discussions about the sale they held in executive session. Larry Scott said Thursday that following the Bath City Council’s 7-1 […]