The reigning Mountain Valley Conference field hockey player of the year is going to keep playing for another four years — at least. Oak Hill High School captain Hayley Marshall is among the eight newest members of the University of Maine field hockey team, the school announced this week. “We are thrilled to announce our […]
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Oak Hill principal returning to teaching
SABATTUS — The opening — his opening — came this past spring when a fifth-grade teaching position opened at up at Carrie Ricker School. Jeff Ireland called the principal. What did she think? He asked the superintendent the same, then the school board. Ireland, Oak Hill Middle School’s principal — its only principal since it […]
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Fire damages Wales home
WALES — Firefighters from several towns responded to a house fire at 52 Woods Road just after noon Wednesday. Crews from Wales, Leeds, Monmouth, Litchfield, Sabattus and Greene responded and the fire was reported under control in less than an hour. Fire officials said one woman was asleep inside the house when it went up in […]
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Gary K. Price
1923 – 2015 WALES — The Rev. Dr. Gary Kilmer Price, 92, a resident of Witherell Road, Wales, died Friday, April 10, at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born March 28, 1923, in Swarthmore, Pa., the son of William S. and Ethal M. (Kilmer) Price. He was educated in the grammar schools of […]
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RSU 4 sets $18.82 million budget, adds five positions
WALES — In a 7-2 vote, the Regional School Unit 4 board approved a budget Wednesday that would add five positions, fix fields, replace laptops and set the stage to consider closing the last two community elementary schools. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said the $18.82 million budget is 3.8 percent higher than this fiscal year. “As […]
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Marjorie L. Ham
1916 – 2015 AUBURN — Marjorie L. Ham, 98, a former resident of Beach Road, Monmouth, died peacefully Saturday, April 4, at Schooner Estates in Auburn, where she had been a resident since 2011. She was born in Monmouth, on April 18, 1916, the daughter of Charles H. and Bessie (Ham) Anderson. She was educated […]
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George A. Sanborn
1928 – 2015 AUBURN — George A. Sanborn, 86, a resident of Pond Road, Wales, died Saturday, April 4, at Hospice House in Auburn. He was born Oct. 11, 1928, in Wales, the son of Ralph and Myra E. (Jordan) Sanborn. George attended Wales schools and graduated from Edward Little High School in 1947. In […]
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Oak Hill senior received principal’s award
LITCHFIELD — Kyle Flaherty of Litchfield, a senior at Oak Hill High School, has been selected to receive the 2015 Principal’s Award, Principal Patricia Doyle has announced. Flaherty is the son of Moses and Diana Flaherty. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement […]
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Police charge Litchfield woman with her 4th OUI charge
LEWISTON — State police say a Litchfield woman faces her fourth OUI charge after a Wales accident. Kristy Cookson, 33, was driving a van with her 4-year-old son Wednesday, March 25, when it went off the road and into a group of trees on Route 132 near the Sabattus town line, according to a statement […]