1970 – 2015 SABATTUS — On Sunday, April 12, with sadness and shock, we lost an amazing, loving husband and friend, Benjamin Anthony Firth. Ben was born in Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 20, 1970. He spent time in West Virginia as a young boy, enjoying the caves around his grandmother’s home. Ben grew up in North […]
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Sabattus budget proposals weigh new fire truck, sidewalk sweeper
SABATTUS — Selectmen have endorsed a $3 million budget that puts aside money for roads, dips into savings for a firetruck next year and keeps the head of maintenance at the Town Office. At $55,000 less, the Budget Committee has proposed cutting that maintenance position, setting aside money for a future firetruck and saying no […]
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RSU 4 sets $18.82 million budget, adds five positions
WALES — In a 7-2 vote, the Regional School Unit 4 board approved a budget Wednesday that would add five positions, fix fields, replace laptops and set the stage to consider closing the last two community elementary schools. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said the $18.82 million budget is 3.8 percent higher than this fiscal year. “As […]
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Oak Hill Middle School honor roll
SABATTUS — The following students were named to the second-quarter honor roll at Oak Hill Middle School. First honors Sixth grade: Audrey Bauer, Anna Beach, Kylie Brown, Kylie Burns, Casey Daigle, Brynn Emond, Ethan LaChance, Kiara Levesque, Arianna Morris, Tia Orr, Kaydence Purinton, Adelle Surette, Tyler Tarmey. Seventh grade: Ruby Adams, Daisy Cole, Isabella Coulombe, […]
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Medicare qualification
WALES — A story that ran on Page B2 of Wednesday’s City Edition about the RSU 4 school board should have said teachers qualify for Medicare at 65. it was a reporting error.
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RSU 4 board approves retirement incentives, more than a dozen teachers lined up already
WALES — The school board unanimously voted in favor of offering retirement incentives Wednesday night, and 18 teachers have already taken them up on it. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said Thursday that nine teachers had told him they’d be interested in retiring at the end of this school year and another nine at the end of […]
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Richard M. Labonte
1944 – 2015 LEWISTON — Richard M. Labonte, 70, of Lewiston, died on Monday, March 23, at his residence, surrounded by his family following a long illness. He was born in Sabattus on May 6, 1944, the son of the late Dominique and Jeanne (Hebert) Labonte and was educated in Auburn schools. He married Joline Potvin […]