During their final meeting in Augusta Thursday, the task force voted 10-to-6 against building a new school due to concerns about the estimated cost and potential negative impacts on current CTE programs in area schools.
Outgoing city councilors Lou Willey and Mark Goughan received special honors at Caribou City Council’s final meeting of the year.
When Rob Constantine arrived at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics as the new executive director in July, he had a few broad goals in mind: recruit more students and urge state leaders to help Maine’s only public magnet high school thrive.
On Thursday, a newly formed state task force will hold its final meeting in Augusta and decide whether they will recommend the state build and fund a comprehensive, residential four-year CTE high school for interested students.
As the presidential race between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump grows more intense, Interim Town Manager Alan Mulherin said he wants to ensure he and election clerks can safely monitor ballots and be protected from poll watchers if they become unruly.
Steve A. Plummer, 53, of Fort Fairfield received the sentencing Nov. 28 at Caribou Superior Court. He was convicted of unlawful sexual touching and domestic violence assault during a bench trial in Caribou Oct. 5 and 6.
The meeting was originally slated for Nov. 22, the evening before Thanksgiving, but the Select Board postponed it so that more members of the public could attend.
Deb Paiement and Phil Andrews, the owners of Anderson’s Store on Main Street, announced they will be closing the store Dec. 30.
With $5,000 from the Maine State Library’s Remote Connectivity Program, funded with federal COVID relief monies, the library began a hotspots and laptop loan program this fall.
Voters elected resident Matthew Cole to fill the remaining term of Harold Tardy, the former board chairperson who resigned in September. Tardy was elected to a three-year term in March but stepped down due to health concerns.
