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Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

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May 24, 2013

RSU 18 parents petition against mass customized learning

Parents who have been arguing against a new learning system in Regional School Unit 18 for months have taken their opposition to a new level by starting a petition drive to demonstrate support for their cause.

May 22, 2013

Labor leaders claim Winslow manufacturer fired workers for trying to organize

ALCOM, a Winslow trailer manufacturing company, calls claims by labor groups that it has illegally fired employees for trying to form a union "very false."

May 21, 2013

RSU 18 budget passed by voters Tuesday

Vote totals reported by town clerks show that Regional School District 18’s proposed school budget of $32,281,753 passed handily at polls in the district’s five towns Tuesday.

May 20, 2013

Presumed East Vassalboro mail thefts under investigation

Federal inspectors are investigating allegations of mail theft at the East Vassalboro post office.

May 19, 2013

Sebasticook to the sea: Alewives' perilous lives crucial to ecosystem, economy

Like the alewives themselves, the money traded for the fish is passed up and down the Sebasticook River and all along Maine's coast.

May 17, 2013

Motivational speaker encourages young Fairfield teens Friday

Motivational speaker Patrick George, of Demopolis, Ala., spread a positive message to hundreds of middle school students during an assembly at Lawrence Junior High School in Fairfield Friday afternoon.

May 17, 2013

Proposed RSU 18 budget means hard rap to towns' wallets; public votes Tuesday

If approved at polls Tuesday, the proposed $32.3 million Regional School Unit 18 budget will result in significant increases in the local assessment for member towns, even though the total is about 1 percent greater than last year's budget.

May 16, 2013

Benton festival to be held Saturday in honor of alewives

Benton will celebrate its relationship with alewives during its second annual Benton Alewife Festival Saturday at the Family Fun Park on Neck Road.

May 16, 2013

Closure of two railroad crossings in Fairfield could promote economic development

The public is invited to a public hearing scheduled June 3 on the closure of two railroad crossings in Fairfield that town leaders have supported because it would attract federal funding that Pan Am Railways and the Maine Department of Transportation would use to fix four other crossings in town.

May 15, 2013

Overseeing a bicycle safety event, Clinton police Chief reminded of near tragic accident

After near tragic bicycle accident of childhood friend, Clinton police Chief Craig Johnson will be overseeing the Clinton Police Department's annual Bicycle Rodeo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Old Mill Park on Main Street.