AREA — Loon Echo Land Trust (LELT) is happy to announce the permanent conservation of 400 acres of undeveloped forestland in Casco, known as Rolfe Hill. After a multi-year fundraising effort, LELT purchased the property from members of the Rolfe and Speirs families, whose ownership dates back to the 1790s. Rolfe Hill has a long […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
UMF offers international career, cultural opportunities
FARMINGTON, ME — The University of Maine at Farmington has initiated a new international partnership with Northeast Normal University (NENU), a public university in Changchun, China, which specializes in the training of future educators. Founded in 1946, NENU is one of China’s top three normal universities. Known as ‘the cradle of teachers,’ NENU has over […]
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Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Mexico middle school principal proposes alternative education program
The main objective is to provide learning experiences tailored to individual needs
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Farmington board tables agreement on proposed senior housing project
Elections and town meeting are set for March 25 at the Community Center, 127 Middle St.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Sap-boiling operation sets building on fire in Strong
About 25 firefighters from Strong, Farmington and Phillips responded to call about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Posted inMaine, Oxford Hills, The Bethel Citizen
MSAD 44 directors allow book to stay in library, despite complaint about content
After discussing whether or not “Me, and Earl, and the Dying Girl” is appropriate for middle school-age children, the board voted to keep it on shelves citing the First Amendment.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Hefty fines to be levied for nuisance alarms
NEWRY — Newry Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey explained a new ordinance that would appropriate guidelines for nuisance alarms and implement hefty fees to violators. The definition includes fire alarms and E-911 calls and applies to, “any owner whose alarm system cause the transmission of a nuisance alarm more than three times in a calendar […]
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
No cabin fever in West Paris
WEST PARIS — On a cold but sunny school vacation day, eight women and one man played cards and board games in First Universalist Church of West Paris. One woman said she hoped some children would show up. It was “Cabin Fever” day. They had finished a “to-die-for” lunch of seafood soup and vegetarian taco […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Oxford Hills
Oxford sets public hearing on senior housing in former woolen mill
The Caleb Group, a Massachusetts developer specializing in affordable housing, hopes to convert a Thompson lakefront eyesore into a 77-unit apartment complex for older people.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
‘The house was open to the town’: The Corriveau legacy
GILEAD — The Town of Gilead has been known to locals as, “Corriveau Country,” and with good reason. A book at Gilead Town Office that lists town officials is full of the name Corriveau. Fernand Corriveau, Sr. was a selectman from 1969 through 1977. In 1982, he returned to that role with an unbroken stint […]