Two local career and technical students won one of the nation’s highest awards at the 2022 SkillsUSA Championships held June 22 and 23 in Atlanta, Georgia. Abaigeal Lucas from Lisbon and a student at Lewiston Regional Tech Center was awarded a Skill Point Certificate in Pin Design. Joshua Gosselin from Wales and a student at […]
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Oak Hill High recognizes honor students
WALES — Oak Hill High School has announced the following students were named to its spring honor roll for the 2021-22 academic year. Grade 9 — Summa cum laude: Isabelle Greenleaf. Magna cum laude: Lindsey Bailey and Colton Davis. Cum laude: Gwyneth Behnke, Emma Burgoin, Lydia Brough, Delia Custer, Kaitlyn Daisey, Kaiden Delano, Derek Edgerly, […]
Wales selectmen review fee schedules and department reports
Permit fees for buildings and solar panels were raised to 25 cents per square foot.
Bridgton service group recognizes outstanding area students
BRIDGTON — The Molly Ockett Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently recognized students at area schools with DAR Good Citizen Awards, DAR Youth Citizenship Medals, and a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps medal. The DAR is a lineage-based women’s service organization that promotes historic preservation, education and patriotism, according to a news […]
Wales student named to William & Mary dean’s list
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Sam Snyder of Wales was recently named to the 2022 spring semester dean’s list at the College of William & Mary. To achieve dean’s list status, a full-time degree-seeking undergraduate student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.6 Quality Point Average during the semester.
Litchfield residents challenge RSU 4 board plans for school addition
‘I think $31 million right now added to the taxpayer base that we have to pay is just a bad idea,’ said the final resident to speak at a public hearing Wednesday night, a comment that drew a round of applause.
Local St. Anselm students join national society
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Three local Saint Anselm College students have been accepted into Sigma Alpha Pi, a national society of leadership and success, for the 2021-2022 academic year. They are Ambrose Ward of Leeds, class of 2024; Rileigh Stebbins of Poland, class of 2022; and Dominique Michaud of Wales, class of 2023. Membership in Sigma […]
Group fosters camaraderie among women in timber sports traditionally dominated by males
The Axe Women Loggers of Maine, which will bring world-class talent to Litchfield this weekend, has grown in membership since its inception in 2011, but it is still “a small world,” says its founder.
St. Anselm College student from Wales joins national society
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Dominique Michaud of Wales, a biology major in the class of 2023 at Saint Anselm College, has been accepted into the Chi Zeta Chapter of Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta), a national biological honor society, for the 2021-22 academic year.
Somali farm stand opens in Wales
The new stand is open Wednesdays and Thursdays.