SABATTUS — Oak Hill Middle School has announced the fourth quarter honor roll for the 2011-12 school year. Grade six First honors: Jared Chase, Samantha Deans, Anna Dodge, Sydney Drew, Britney Duchesneau, Sarah Duchesneau, Michaela Gervais, Wyatt Giroux, Caleb, Laliberty, Julian Rogers, Maegan Sheehy, Kiera Young. Second honors: Julia Ahlberg, Matthew Beaule, Jonah Bergeron, Benjamin […]
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Lakeside Chapter OES to meet July 10 WALES – Lakeside Chapter will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, at the Grange/Masonic Hall, 322 Centre Road, for their Official Visitation with Rebecca E. St. Pierre, associate grand matron of the Grand Chapter of Maine, Order of the Eastern Star. She will be assisted by Gail […]
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Restoring antique dolls like ‘looking at history’
Linda Tibbetts, 67, was never particularly interested in dolls. She didn’t really consider herself artistic, only ever having drawn in school. But she knew she could sew, so when an ailing Floridian former antiques dealer and neighbor asked her for help in the early 1980s to dress a 5-inch antique doll, Tibbetts’ interest was piqued. […]
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Betty E. Blair
LEWISTON — Betty E. Blair, 78, of Wales, died Friday, June 22, at Central Maine Medical Center, after a very sudden illness. She was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, Jan. 11, 1934, a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth (Taggart) Blair. She was educated in Canada, attended St. Joseph’s School of Nursing in […]
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Spirit of America award winners honored
AUGUSTA — Recipients of the 2011 Spirit of America Foundation Award for outstanding community service throughout Maine were recognized during an April 6 ceremony at the Statehouse. Auburn Volunteers in Police Service have helped the Auburn Police Dept. in a variety of ways. Bowdoin FHC, Inc. runs several community projects, including fundraisers for the fire […]
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Proposed RSU 4 budget passes one vote; second community vote Tuesday
WALES — RSU 4 voters will go to the polls Tuesday for a referendum on a school budget with a 2.16 percent increase and no privatized busing next year. About 80 people gathered Wednesday night at Oak Hill High School to walk through the budget details and to vote department by department before sending it […]
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Oak Hill graduates 89
WALES — Inspired by a school motto, “Failure is not an option,” Sarah Desjardins told graduating classmates that, really, failure is inevitable, but it’s the aftermath that counts. “We need to take our failures and learn from them and grow from them and become better people,” she said Friday, recounting her valedictorian address. Desjardins spoke […]
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Gary G. Searles
WINSLOW — Gary G. Searles, 73, of Winslow, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 30, at his home. He was the husband of Jean S. (Wadlin) Searles. Gary was born in Lewiston, Feb. 9, 1939, a son of the late Clyde and Rachel (Perron) Searles. He grew up in Auburn and graduated from Edward Little High […]
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J. Smith: Saving money for the towns
I wish to commend the RSU 4 Board of Directors for finding a way to save the towns of Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales $230,000. They did this by passing a motion to privatize busing for the three towns for the upcoming school year. In the proposed budget report we received, Superintendent James Hodgkins stated, “This […]
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Informational meetings called on repairs, future of Sabattus, Litchfield, Wales schools
WALES — After years of spending little on capital improvements, RSU 4 faces a choice, Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said. Borrow $1.8 million to make building repairs or go for a larger bond, close the two oldest elementary schools and build an addition for those students elsewhere. But where? The district has called two informational meetings […]