CONGRATULATIONS to the RLRS Class of 2015. NOTES of congratulations can be emailed to me (mailed or dropped off at my office) by May 18th. There will be NO CHARGE for this. I just want the kids to know how proud we are of them. Please email me at [email protected] with subject line RLRS 2015 […]
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Expert to explain local glacial formations
RUMFORD — Eskers and other glacial formations will be the topic of a presentation May 20 hosted by the Rumford Historical Society. Naturalist and environmental educator Bob Elliott will talk about the “Ancestral Androscoggin Esker” after the Society’s business meeting and elections for 2014-2015 officers. The meeting will begin 7 p.m. at the Rumford Municipal Building […]
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Moose Lottery Deadline approaches
Maine’s Moose Lottery is just around the corner! Here is your reminder that the deadline to submit an application is 11:59 PM on May 14, 2015. You can enter in the lottery at: www5.informe.org/online/moose/ To complete the online application you will need: Current hunting license if you are applying with a Superpack license. […]
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Pre-k registration set for Mt. Valley Region
RUMFORD — Children who will be four years old on or before Oct. 15, 2015, and live in the Mountain Valley Region (Rumford, Mexico, Hanover, Roxbury and Bryon) are eligible for the pre-k program at Meroby and Rumford elementary schools. Applications are available at either school. Only completed applications with a copy of the child’s original birth certificate and proof […]
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Resident fights for abatement on conservation land
OTISFIELD — The owner of 56 acres of conservation land will appeal to the state for relief of the town’s appraisal that she says is $267,000 too high. Ethel Bean Turner was denied a tax abatement on the town’s $319,285 assessment of 56 acres of mostly wooded land at Long Point on Thompson Lake. Turner’s appraiser […]
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Legislative committee tables LD 1082 discussion
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs tabled discussion Tuesday on LD 1082, a bill that, if passed, could impact SAD 44 more financially than the withdrawal of Newry would. The bill proposes to remove an exemption imposed 10 years ago on SAD 44 and SAD 6 that kept local school cost sharing […]
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Did you see the Ali-Liston fight?
Did you attend the 1965 fight in Lewiston between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston? Do you or your family have mementos from the event? The Sun Journal would like to tell your story as part of an upcoming 50th anniversary retrospective. Please contact staff writer Kalle Oakes at [email protected] or sports editor Justin Pelletier at […]
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Buckfield’s top students to study sciences
BUCKFIELD — Calvin Downey and Jesse Warren are headed toward engineering careers after graduation from Buckfield Junior-Senior High School next month. ‘s valedictorian and salutatorian will be among 36 students who will graduate on June 6. Downey, the Class of 2015 valedictorian, plans to attend either Worcester Polytechnic Institute or the University of Maine to […]
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Farmington Public Library Poetry Reading
POETRY READING Farmington Public Library along with The Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties Farmington, ME, The Farmington Public Library and Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset counties are hosting a reading, in honor of Shakespeare’s 451st The *winning poems of this year’s poetry contest will be featured. When: April 23’rd Time: 7:00 p.m. […]