JAY — Voters here and in Livermore and Livermore Falls will have a chance Monday to set the RSU 73 consolidated school system budget for 2011-12. The district-wide budget meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on June 6 at the cafeteria of the Livermore Falls High School on Cedar Street in Livermore Falls. Voters […]
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Board appoints coaches for combined sports teams
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors voted 11-1 to appoint Mark Bonnevie as varsity football coach of the combined Spruce Mountain High School team. Diane Gould of Livermore opposed the move. Before making any appointments for some fall and winter sports, directors voted to go into executive session to discuss appointments of personnel. […]
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Tour group will discover wild orchids in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Michael Hicks, a native plant specialist who lives in Bethel, will lead a tour of several orchid locations in Livermore at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 2. Rain date will be Friday, June 3. The tour will begin at the History House in North Livermore and visit locations at the Spruce Mountain ski hillside […]
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Board to consider recommendations for coaches of athletic teams
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors will meet Tuesday to consider Superintendent Bob Wall’s recommendations of coaches for fall and winter sports for the 2011-12 school year. The coaches will be leading combined sports teams of Spruce Mountain High School’s campuses of Jay and Livermore Falls. The teams will play in Class B […]
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‘Rally for Norlands’: Battles will be waged on hayfields of living history center in Livermore in early June
LIVERMORE — The Third “Rally for Norlands” Civil War Re-enactment Weekend at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center will take place on June 4-5. Living historians interpreting Confederate and Union infantry will scrimmage with replica weaponry on the grounds of the 19th century historic settlement. The 6th Maine Battery will be on hand to fire its […]
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Norlands hosting Civil War re-enactment weekend
LIVERMORE — The third Rally for Norlands Civil War Re-enactment Weekend at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center will take place June 4 and 5. It will offer a wide variety of living history demonstrations, exhibits and engaging activities, remembering the first months of the nation’s Civil War in the spring of 1861. Living historians interpreting […]
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Students encouraged to ‘think outside the box’
JAY — Students in Dan Lemieux’s high school robotic and pre-engineering class got a close-up look Monday at some robotic equipment that the Ted Berry Co. Inc. uses to do video pipe inspections. Jim Timberlake encouraged students to think outside the box and to develop solutions for problems as his company does. Timberlake, owner of […]
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Directors to sign warrants for June 6 budget vote
JAY — Regional School Unit 73 directors will meet Monday to sign warrants pertaining to the proposed $18.34 million budget for 2011-12. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. May 23 at the Cedar Street Learning Complex in Livermore Falls. The board will also hold an orientation workshop with legal counsel. The board adopted the […]
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RSU 73 board sends $18.34 million budget to voters
JAY— Regional School Unit 73 directors voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a proposed $18.34 million budget for 2011-12 for the new consolidated school system. The spending plan reflects a $125,521 increase over the combined budgets of Jay and RSU 36 school systems. About $54,000 of the increase is due to directors adding in one year […]