RUMFORD — Mountain Valley High School has announced the honor roll for the first semester of the 2017-2018 school year. High Honor Roll Grade 12: Hailey Akers, Abigail Blauvelt, Sarah Bourret, Ian Brennick, Melissa Burgess, Brooke Carver, Madison Heinzen, Alyvia Lee, Amanda Petrie, Connor Steele and Lauren Sterling. Grade 11: Mackenzie Arsenault, Darin Buono, Aaron […]
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WATERVILLE — Professor of Mathematics Leo Livshits and Poland resident Joshua Hews, Colby College Class of 2017, have published an original research article in the Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra. Titled “Groups of Matrices That Act Monopotently,” the paper deals with the properties of the eigenvalues of a complex matrix, which are complex numbers associated […]
Poland High School graduate receives dental association scholarship
POLAND — Brittney Bell, a graduate of Poland Regional High School who attends the University of New England College of Dental Medicine, was one of five students selected to receive the 2017 Alva S. Appleby Scholarship from the Maine Dental Association Charitable Foundation. Each of the students was awarded $5,000. To be considered for the […]
Words for Thirds: Grange gives dictionaries to third graders
Danville Junction Grange has completed its Dictionary Project for the year. This school year, dictionaries were distributed to 360 third-graders at five schools in Auburn and New Gloucester. For many years, the Grange has participated in the “Words for Thirds” project and have given more than 2,000 dictionaries. Shown in the photo with their new […]
Oak Hill Middle School honor students are announced
WALES — The first semester honor roll of the 2017-2018 school year for Oak Hill Middle School has been announced. Exemplary Student Grade six: Sebastian Doyle, Aubrey McElhaney, Nhi Nguyen, Alexis Pelkey, Sarah Rossignol, Ian Sheehy and Eli Staggs. Grade seven: Arianna Thibeault. Grade eight: Makayla Begin, Gabrielle Chessie, Amara Denis, Rachel Duguay, Paige Gonya, […]
Local students attain North Yarmouth Academy honors
NORTH YARMOUTH — The North Yarmouth Academy honor roll for the first semester of the 2017-2018 school year is announced. Local students who attained honor roll status for the fall semester were: Highest Honors Grade eight: Madeleine Vaillancourt of Lewiston. High Honors Grade five: Genevieve Vaillancourt of Lewiston. Grade eight: Aisley Snell of Durham. Grade […]
Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School lists honor roll
PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has announced the secod-quarter honor roll for the 2017-2018 school year. High Honors Grade nine: Derek Brooker, Rowan Cayer, Aleena Chase, Cassidy Dumont, Bram Dustin, Logan Keane, Lauren Kimball, Molly Littlefield, Lexi Mack, Raine McGinnis, Genevieve Montagna, Kara Moxcey and Atticus Soehren. Grade 10: Samuel Morton, Marissa Paine […]
Local students named Presidential Scholar candidates
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Local students have been named candidates in the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools this year. Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, now in its 54th year, is one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating […]
Spruce Mountain High School lists second-quarter honor roll
JAY — Spruce Mountain High School has announced the hornor roll for the second quarter of the 2017-2018 school year. Highest Honors Grade 12: Jordan Daigle, Rylee Delaney and Alexa Harmatys. Grade 11: Hannah Maurais and Lilly Towers. Grade 10: Levi Hawkins and Abigail Thurston. High Honors Grade 12: Rhylie Bubier, Hunter Dalton, Lyndzi Dolloff, Skyler Lewis, […]
Library announces essay contest topic
SKOWHEGAN — The Margaret Chase Smith Library has announced the topic of its 22nd annual essay contest: “The Appropriate Role of the Media in American Society.” The ideal of a free press is so central to democracy that its protection is enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Yet its practice is […]