Members of the Clinton Lions Club met on June 8 to install the officers for 2022-23 at the fellowship hall of the United Methodist Church. Remarks were given by Immediate Past President Stephen Wright and President Katherine Watson Medina. The installation was conducted by Past District Governor Paula Beach of the Skowhegan Lions Club, according […]
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School officials told harassment of minority students at Lawrence High School a recurring problem
A parent of a student at the school and a teacher there told MSAD 49 directors Thursday that there’s a hostile environment at the school where students regularly use racial slurs and LGBTQ+ teens are bullied and harassed.
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Fairfield-area residents approve $28.2 million school budget
Residents of the four towns in Maine School Administrative District 49 — Albion, Benton, Clinton and Fairfield — approved the budget Tuesday by a 1,003 to 636 vote.
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Clinton residents give OK to $3.3 million municipal budget at Town Meeting
Voters on Tuesday approved all but two articles on the town warrant and reelected several town officials.
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Fairfield area schools announces summer feeding program
Regional School Unit 49/Maine School Administrative District 49, covering the towns of Albion, Benton, Clinton and Fairfield, plans to offer its summer feeding program from Tuesday, June 21, to Friday, Aug. 19. All sites will be closed Monday, July 4. This is a free program for children. Meal time and locations: • Breakfast 7:30-8:30 a.m. […]
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Albion votes to explore leaving Fairfield-area school district
At a special Town Meeting election Friday, residents voted 184-23 to support leaving Maine School Administrative District 49.
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Clinton residents next week to decide several municipal, other elections
There will be town budget articles on the ballot Tuesday but also voting on selectmen, school board and other races.
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Kennebec County awards more than $20 million in federal pandemic relief funds
Kennebec County commissioners on Tuesday endorsed a list of 39 projects to be supported by Kennebec County’s $23.7 million share of American Rescue Plan Act funds that will support child care, housing and health programs as well as sewer, water and construction projects, among others.
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Fairfield-area school board reviews funding plan for new school construction project
The Maine School Administrative District 49 board of directors on Thursday were told the state would cover at least 94% of the cost to build a consolidated elementary school on Neck Road in Benton adjacent to Benton Elementary School.
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Clinton holds hearing on $3.3 million municipal budget as proposed package now goes to Town Meeting
Much of the discussion at Tuesday’s meeting concerned a preliminary audit that found over at least 10 years the town had billed $339,000 for its ambulance service but never collected the money.