Voters approved the budget by a 2-1 margin.
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Lawrence High School graduates challenged to change the world
More than 130 students graduated Thursday night, with student speakers telling their peers to make the world a better place.
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Two Democrats in race to challenge incumbent in Senate District 16
Former Rep. Karen Kusiak and Winslow Town Councilor Steven Russell are vying to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Cyrway.
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Local residents graduate from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
They each earned bachelor’s degrees at 150th WPI commencement.
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Lawrence High School names top 10 seniors
Honorees include Kathleen Cobb, Harley Dixon, Molly Folsom, Harley Grover, Abigail Higgins, Naquela Knox, Sidney Knox, Hannah Walsh, Sierra Weston, Samantha Wilson.
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Benton’s Blaisdell inducted into Alpha Mu Alpha National Honor Society
Western New England University student is working toward a degree in marketing.
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Despite millions of alewives rushing up Sebasticook River, Benton cancels alewife festival
The annual alewife run in Benton, the largest in the state and one of the largest on the East Coast, is credited with reinvigorating the environment and the fishing industry.
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Local residents inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
These residents are among approximately 30,000 to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.
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SAD 49 school board proposing $26.6 million annual budget
The proposed budget is about 1.25 percent larger than the current operating budget.
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Benton residents agree to sell surplus alewives at Town Meeting
Voters also OK’d endorsing the annual Alewife Festival and accepting donations to fund the event.