After the 15-minute drive out Route 202 to Wales, take a right onto Leeds Junction Road, and before you know it you’ll be at Farmers’ Gate Market — a full-scale butcher shop that offers fresh, locally grown, grass-fed and pasture-raised meats. Owners Ben Slayton and his wife, Erin Cinelli, opened Farmers’ Gate (formerly part of […]
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Roger Williams University dean’s list
BRISTOL, R.I. — The following local residents are among those to be named to the Roger Williams University dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester. Poland: Jennifer Mickool. Wales: Alexandra Landry, Erynne Landry. Wilton: Sarah Smith.
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Eastern Star to meet at Grange-Masonic Hall
WALES — Lakeside Chapter No. 60, Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at the Grange-Masonic Hall, 322 Centre Road. The group will be honoring mothers and district deputies, with Judith Tufts, district deputy grand matron of district 4 as a special guest. Rodney Woodrum, who was ill at […]
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RSU 4 directors adopt budget, agree to privatized school busing
SABATTUS — The bus vote stood. In a 4-5 vote, school board directors opted Wednesday night to stick with a previous decision to privatize school busing next fall and lay off 22 drivers, Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said. They also adopted an RSU 4 budget of $17,559,862, which is 2.16 percent higher than the current year. […]
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Oak Hill teachers spoof video to promote SATs
WALES — When Oak Hill High School juniors take the SAT on Saturday — as all juniors in Maine will — they may be humming the tune, “Sexy and I Know It.” Blame their teachers. To boost student performance and call attention to the importance of the exam, Oak Hill teachers made a music video […]
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R. Austin: Bring country back where it belongs
President Barack Obama’s health care law requires everyone to buy health insurance. I am wondering if that is way out of line. How can people who have lost so much from jobs and work being sent abroad come up with money to buy insurance? Many of them lost not only jobs, but also their homes […]
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RSU 4 directors postpone budget vote, reconsider private school busing
WALES — School board directors put off a vote on the RSU 4 budget Wednesday night and agreed to reconsider the move to privatize school busing at a special meeting next week. They can’t commit to a budget until the bus issue is settled, Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said Thursday. Two weeks ago, by a narrow […]
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RSU 4 sets calendar for 2012-2013
SABATTUS — Students in grades kindergarten to nine will start the next school year Wednesday, Aug. 29, according to a calendar approved by RSU 4 directors. High school students will join them Aug. 30. New staff in the district will have a voluntary orientation day Aug. 27. Also in the calendar: winter holiday vacation is […]
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L. Neal: A woman’s most important job
This is in response to the Connie Schultz column printed April 21. I believe that Hilary Rosen is not that accurate. There is no reason to believe that Mitt Romney is trying to pit women against women. The news stations she mentions wouldn’t give accurate reports, anyway. I was a stay-at-home mom for 44 of […]
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Oak Hill Middle School honor roll
SABATTUS — Oak Hill Middle School has announced the second-quarter honor roll: Grade six First honors: Jared Chase, Emma Christman, Brianna Desrosier, Anna Dodge, Kaylee Drawdy, Britney Duchesneau, Sydney Drew, Michaela Gervais, Drew Gordon, Alexandra Hall, Makayla Hilchey, Caleb Laliberty, Brandon Michaud, Julian Rogers, Maegan Sheehy, Cordeila Wood, Shelby Wood. Second honors: Matthew Beaule, Jared […]