BETHEL — The School Administrative District 44 board of directors will revisit whether to add a pellet boiler to Crescent Park Elementary School at its meeting on Monday, April 25. Superintendent David Murphy said the Facilities Committee looked at the possibility of adding a backup pellet boiler system to the school. “The school currently operates […]
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SAD 44 board to review pellet boiler study
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board will hear a report Monday night on the feasibility of installing a pellet boiler at Crescent Park Elementary School. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Telstar High School library. A year ago, the school board unanimously approved the study, which was done by Integrated Energy Systems PLLC. […]
Elections set for Monday
CHESTERVILLE — Voters will elect town officers from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 14, at the Town Office. Running for two three-year positions on the Board of Selectmen are David Archer, Patricia Hastings, Tiffany Estabrook and Matt Welch. Running for the one-year term are Matt Lord, Anne Lambert and Bob Clough. Chairman of the […]
RSU 9 board to consider candidate for principal
FARMINGTON — The Regional School Unit 9 Administrator Evaluation Committee will recommend a candidate for principal of Mt. blue Middle School on Tuesday, March 8. The committee will meet with the school board at 6 p.m. at The Forum at Mt. Blue Campus. Principal Gary Oswald, who is in his 18th year in the position […]
SAD 44 board votes to move forward with negotiating purchase of land
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board voted Tuesday evening to authorize Superintendent David Murphy to negotiate the purchase of property abutting the Telstar high/middle school athletic fields. “The idea is that I would negotiate and try to find the best deal possible to purchase the land,” Murphy said. “After I had information, I would go […]
RSU 9 keeping weighted voting system
FARMINGTON – Regional School Unit 9 directors agreed informally Tuesday to stay with the weighted voting system started in 2010 when Starks joined the nine other district towns. They make look at it again after the 2020 census. The board is constitutionally required to be apportioned by the one-person, one-vote rule, Chairwoman Jennifer Zweig Hebert […]
RSU 9 board reinstates student
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted 8-2 Tuesday to allow an eighth-grade student to enter ninth grade with a transition plan in place, Superintendent Tom Ward said. Directors Jennifer Pooler of New Sharon and Keith Swett of Wilton opposed the vote, he said. The student was one of two middle school students accused […]
Norman K. Twitchell
WILTON — Norman K. Twitchell passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 28, after 76 years of great adventures; 55 of those years were spent with his wife, Suzanne Luce Twitchell. Both were raised in Farmington and for the past 25 years, have shared their time together in their homes in Maine and Florida. Norman is […]
Oxford selectmen appoint school board director
OXFORD — Selectmen unanimously appointed a volunteer Oxford Hills alumnus to fill the vacant school board director seat at their meeting Thursday evening. The board agreed to place 26-year-old Colin O’Neill who, in a June 30 letter addressed to Town Manager Michael Chammings, wrote that his interest in the position surfaced when he discovered no one […]
RSU 9 to begin second round of budget deliberations
FARMINGTON – Regional School Unit 9 directors will meet Tuesday, June 23, to develop a second budget for 2015-16 that supports children’s educational needs and takes into consideration the effect on taxpayers’ pockets. Voters rejected a proposed $32.25 million budget by a 741 to 1,045 vote on June 9. It was a 3.9 percent increase, […]