LISBON — The School Committee on Monday offered opinions on joining or creating a regional leadership center, as part of a new state law. Superintendent Richard Green discussed creating a center with Regional School Unit 4 for alternative and day treatment programs, and staff professional development. RSU 4 includes Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales. “We are […]
Androscoggin County
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Allegations spur district attorney to halt private prisoner transports
District Attorney Andrew Robinson referred to a six-page letter written by an Androscoggin County Jail inmate who detailed the account of her five-day trip from Florida to Maine last November caged in the back of a private prisoner transport van during which she was denied bathroom breaks and subjected to other inhumane treatment.
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Fish fertilizing young Lisbon farmer’s dream
LISBON — New aquaponics farmer Trevor Kenkel’s first sale this summer: a delivery of basil to Gelato Fiasco. “They made a basil sorbet out of it,” said Kenkel, 20. The sophomore biology major at Bowdoin College opened Springworks Farm earlier this year, using fish to farm. In his marriage of aquaculture and hydroponics, wastewater from 1,000 […]
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Farmers’ markets in the area
A sure sign of warm weather is the reopening of farmers’ markets across the state, and there are plenty to visit in the area Maine.