SOUTH CHINA — Erskine Academy has announced the following students were named to its trimester 2 honor roll for the 2019-20 academic year. Seniors — High honors: Lucy Allen, Jay Austin, Alec Baker, Julia Basham, Derek Beaulieu, Haley Breton, Kole-Tai Carlezon, Norah Davidson, Vincent Emery, Alyssha Gil, Annika Gil, Boe Glidden, Joshua Gower, Clara Grady, […]
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Erskine holds bicentennial birthday bash March 9
This March marked Maine’s bicentennial celebration and Erskine Academy held a birthday bash. Starting March 9, the academy began a weeklong series of events that culminated with a school-wide assembly featuring Portland’s own Mallett Brothers Band, according to a news release from the South China-based academy. A cribbage tournament and Whoopie pie contest was part […]
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As coronavirus spread changes life, central Mainers rediscovering what local farms have to offer
Central Maine farmers are finding new customers and demand, while wondering what impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on the industry in the future.
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University of Maine, MOFGA search for workers to help dairy farmers during pandemic
‘If those people get sick, someone needs to step in to take over the operations,’ said Richard Kersbergen, extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. ‘Dairy farming doesn’t just stop.’
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Erskine’s Jarosz to receive 2020 Principal’s Award
SOUTH CHINA — Sarah Jarosz, of Waterville, a senior at Erskine Academy, has been selected to receive the 2020 Principal’s Award, according to a news release from Headmaster Michael McQuarrie. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principal’s Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic excellence, outstanding school citizenship, and leadership. Jarosz […]
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Lewis graduates from Western Governors University
SALT LAKE CITY — Stacey Lewis, of South China, has earned a Bachelor of Science, Health Information Management degree from Western Governors University. The online, nonprofit university has graduated more than 167,000 students from across the country since its inception in 1997.
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Officials head into the woods to explain plans for China School Forest’s upcoming harvest
The harvest could generate up to $8,000 from wood products, which volunteers hope can be put toward continued maintenance of the China School Forest on Lakewood Avenue.
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China officials reveal plan to harvest town-owned forest for first time since 1998
There will be two informational sessions on the management plan Saturday, one at 10 a.m. at the Town Office’s portable building and another on site at 11 a.m. that will begin at the China Primary School bus circle.
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Conflicts of interest mire firefighter stipend debate in latest China budget conversation
The China select board was split over whether to declare that three members of the town’s budget committee, who are firefighters or have family members who are, should recuse themselves from discussing and voting on volunteer firefighter stipends.
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China School’s forest focus of harvest information meetings Feb. 1
Those who plan to attend are asked to register by Thursday, Jan. 30.