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RSU 73 prepares for a new school year

LIVERMORE FALLS — The beginning of the new school year later this month will be the second year secondary students from both Jay’s and Livermore Falls’ high school campuses will be attending classes at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay. “This is the second year of consolidation. We are the established Phoenix,” SMHS Principal T.J. […]

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RSU 73 board welcomes new superintendent, principal

LIVERMORE FALLS — The RSU 73 board Thursday night welcomed newly appointed Superintendent Kenneth Healey and hired Kevin Harrington as principal of Livermore Elementary School. Healey, the former principal of Lisbon High School, said he had been spending many hours with the district’s administrative team, touring schools and learning about the budget and history of […]

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Judge rules 11-year-old suspect in sexual assault can return to school

MACHIAS — A Washington County District Court judge on Tuesday ordered a Harrington boy accused of a sex offense to attend school or an alternative education program pending his trial. The ruling by Judge David Mitchell means that the 11-year-old, who made his initial court appearance Tuesday, may return to a classroom at Harrington Elementary […]

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Maine wreath maker gears up for annual delivery to Arlington National Cemetery

HARRINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Maine-made wreaths will soon be headed to Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington. Maine-based Wreaths Across America is gearing up for the annual trip. The truckloads of wreaths are due to leave Harrington, Maine, this weekend. This year, about 100,000 balsam wreaths are being shipped to Arlington, and even more are […]

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Two arrested after Harrington standoff

HARRINGTON — Maine State Police say that a standoff at a home on Sharon Lane has ended safely, with two men in police custody and a woman taken to the hospital for treatment of an illness. Elliot Robinson, 60, and his father, Vernon Robinson, 78, surrendered to police and have been charged with criminal restraint […]