WALES — Regional School Unit 4 directors have slashed proposed elementary iPad funds and raised activity fees to craft a third 2013-14 budget. It will get a show-of-hands vote on Wednesday, Aug. 21, and a referendum at the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The first school budget failed in referendum in June, the second in […]
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Well done
BIDDEFORD — Brianna Bisesti was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of New England. She graduated May 18 with a Bachelor of Science in athletic training, cum laude. She’s the daughter of Jim and Nancy Bisesti of Greene. She received the American College of Sports Medicine Biomechanics Interest Group […]
Radiologic technology students graduate
LEWISTON — The Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions celebrated with 20 graduating radiologic technology students and their families at a recent pinning ceremony. A number of awards were presented to graduating students, including the following: The Dr. Clark F. Miller Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement was awarded to Shana Connor […]
Barbershop chorus takes show on the road
OXFORD — Members of the Mollyockett Chorus entertained over 300 people with the close harmony of barbershop style music July 12 and 13 with two shows at the Sawyer Memorial and one at the Denmark Arts Center. The 18-member, all-female vocal group presented “The Ockett Family Plans a Vacation” as its annual road show. The […]
Lack of school budget holds up tax bills in Sabattus
Tax bills will be late in Sabattus. Selectmen had hoped to set the new mill rate Tuesday night, but hopes sank after voters rejected the school budget a second time last week. Instead, they asked the town manager to look for additional municipal cuts and opted to wait and see. “We’re going to wait until […]
Fraser wins Herff Jones Scholarship
SABATTUS — Gwenyth Fraser, a senior from Oak Hill High School, was named a winner of the Herff Jones Award and chosen to receive a $2,000 scholarship. The Herff Jones Believe in You Scholarship & Principal’s Award program, launched in 2012, recognizes 50 student leaders nationwide who display both academic excellence and strong leadership skills […]
Oak Hill places seventh in national stock market game
WASHINGTON, D.C. — SIFMA and the SIFMA Foundation congratulated a team of students from Oak Hill High School in Sabattus on placing seventh in the national 10th annual SIFMA Foundation Stock Market Game – “Capitol Hill Challenge.” The team, as part of the Top 10 ranking teams, was recognized at an Awards Reception in Washington […]
Area students receive Husson University degrees
BANGOR — The following students received diplomas from Husson University on May 11 in Bangor or on May 18 in Portland, the 106th commencements of Husson University. Auburn: David K. Brown II, B.S. criminal justice; Travis M. Barnies, B.S. criminal justice; Joshua S. Clark, B.S. kinesiology; Stephen P. Knowlton, B.S. kinesiology, magna cum laude; Derek […]
Randall K. Woodcock
1938 – 2013 Lewiston — Randall K. Woodcock, 75, of Dow Ave., Lewiston, died Wednesday, July 10, at Marshwood Center in Lewiston. He was born in Lewiston on June 17, 1938, a son of Kenneth and Dorothy (Jones) Woodcock. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Lewiston High School class of 1956. He […]