Sumner
RSU 10 gets preliminary budget
DIXFIELD — RSU 10 Superintendent Tom Ward told school board members Monday night that $37.7 million in requests have been submitted for the 2013-14 budget. “This is what has been presented. Now we begin the cutting stage,” he said. “At the next board meeting, we’ll come back with proposed cuts and the impact on each […]
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Kindergarten screening at OHCA PARIS — Oxford Hills Christian Academy, a K-12 school on East Main Street, will hold its kindergarten screening on Friday, May 10, beginning at 8:30. Incoming kindergarten students must turn 5 no later than Oct. 15. If you have a child that you would like to enroll in kindergarten for the […]
Dixfield panel signs agreement with RSU 10
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Withdrawal Committee unanimously approved an agreement with RSU 10 Wednesday night that would stop the move to leave the school district. “I’m pretty happy with how it came out,” committee and school board member Bruce Ross said. The agreement, which was negotiated by attorneys Dan Stockford for the committee and Bill […]
92-year-old keeps running as long as the sap does
SUMNER — Ninety-two-year-old Tom Bragg has been making maple syrup since he was a teenager in Buckfield. When he got married in 1941, he bought a 35-acre farm on Bonney Road, complete with a hill full of maples and a sugarhouse from the late 1800s. Now Bragg’s sons and a grandson help keep the sugaring […]
Lewiston mayor setting example with welfare funds
Maine people are remarkably generous. We are willing to raise money for a family with a sick child, contribute toward putting a steeple on an old church or build a playground in a local park. But we are not fools, and we have no patience with people who lie to receive government benefits. So we […]
Feuding families need road to civil settlement
The two families involved in a high-profile property dispute in Sumner should take note of a case now making its way through Superior Court in Bangor. There Peter Robinson, 49, is accused of murdering another man in a right-of-way dispute. Robinson says he acted in self-defense when he used a large crowbar to beat David […]
Correction: Buckfield hearing April 9; RSU 10 savings $2.6M
SUMNER — A story on Page B3 of the Oxford Hills and River Valley editions Wednesday should have said a public hearing on Buckfield’s petition to withdraw from RSU 10 will be at 6 p.m. April 9 at the Buckfield Town Office. Also, it should have said RSU 10 Superintendent Tom Ward said the district […]
Hartford-Sumner Elementary School honor roll
SUMNER — Hartford-Sumner Elementary School second trimester honors Sixth grade honors: Shane Adams, Jordan Bennett, Nathan Cyr, Jenna Doucette, Julia Dow, Hannah Shields and Noah Wiley. Fifth grade honors: Deja Bennett, Bryce Beote, Margaret Bragg, Samantha Burch, Jessica Doucette, Cheyanne Goroshin, Kathryn Henderson, Stephen Nelson, Kristen Patenaude, Jeffrey Quick, Sutapacha Tripp and Chloe Warren.
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Bakers wanted, tickets available NORWAY — The Friends of Norway Memorial Library will host their third annual spring chocolate event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 5. This year the theme is “Ye Olde Chocolate Shoppe” and the public is invited to make a chocolate specialty for a chance to win a prize. Attendees […]