Region 9 School of Applied Technology students and instructors hosted the ice fishing event for about 90 T.W. Kelly Dirigo Middle School students on Friday morning.
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Food service budget for Spruce Mountain schools won’t include $10,000 subsidies from Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls
Regional School Unit 73 board of directors voted 6 to 4, with one abstention, to remove $10,000 subsidies that were to have come from the towns of Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls for food service, and increase the carry over amount $30,000 to offset the reduction.
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Livermore voters to decide where funds from the sale of equipment will go at annual town meeting
At the annual town meeting on April 23, voters will be asked to put money from the sale of a truck and backhoe towards replacements.
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UMF houses FEMA disaster relief center
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is furnishing a space on campus for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to set up a disaster relief center to provide assistance to individuals and families who have damage as a result of the storm and flooding event that occurred in Maine from Dec. 17 – […]
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Local educator chosen to attend civics workshop
FARMINGTON — Lance Harvell of Farmington was recently nominated by Senator Susan Collins to be one of only 16 middle school civics educators invited to attend an upcoming workshop at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum in Fremont, Ohio, later this month. The workshop is being presented by the United States Capitol Historical […]
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Poet’s Corner
My Mum By Edith Grindle Hands as warm as a blanket from the dryer. There was no doubt to many, reasons she was a cryer. She had much more heartache that one should endure. The same seat each Sunday, fifth row on the right. She wept and she prayed on many a night. Her faith […]
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Meadow Lanes bowling
WILTON — Wednesday Night Ladies: week of Feb. 7. Teams: Mines In The Gutters 105-55, Just One More 92-68, Designs By Darlene 92-68 , Living On A Spare 90-70, Wreckin Balls 80-80, Bowling Belles 67-93, Golden Oldies 60-100, Full Of 5 Pins 54-106. Games: Marley Stevens 214, Lynn Chellis 195, Jamie Ellsworth 190, Michelle Perkins […]
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Briefly
Announcements JAY —Frank L. Mitchell VFW Post 3335 in Jay will be down for repairs due to damage from the December storm. The post will be closed from Feb. 26 to March 21. Reopening on March 22 the menu will be, Crab cakes, fish chowder and dessert. All meals served at 5 p.m., $12. Call […]
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FMH welcomes new cardiology colleague
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital introduces Maureen Gibbons, MSN, APRN, ACNPC-AG, CCRN, an acute care adult gerontology nurse practitioner who is providing patient care in the Cardiology Clinic. Gibbons received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, followed by a master’s degree in nurse practitioner studies at Rhode Island […]
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Economic recovery grant program launched
REGION — Small businesses in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties are urged to take advantage of a new Economic Recovery Hub Grant Program launched by Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments (AVCOG) in partnership with the Department of Economic and Community Development. The goal of the Recovery Hub Grant program is to provide financial assistance to […]