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The Houlton Pioneer Times updates every Thursday by noon.
Malone hired as RSU 50 leader
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
DYER BROOK — Come July 1, RSU 50 will have a new superintendent to lead Southern Aroostook Community and Katahdin Middle/Senior High schools.
The board hired Larry Malone, a former high school principal at SACS, during Monday night’s regular board meeting. Malone is currently the middle school principal at Mattanawcook Academy in Lincoln.
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Now open
Houlton Pioneer Times Photo/Joseph Cyr
 Houlton High School Principal Marty Bouchard, left, was one of the many residents checking out the newly opened County Yankee Grocer in Houlton early Monday morning. Handing Bouchard his receipt is cashier Vicki Carll. The new store, owned by Dave Cunha, is
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HHS clean-up day is May 22
The mentoring program and student council at Houlton High School are joining forces with Forestry wardens and the town to do a clean-up day on Tuesday, May 22, from 8:15 a.m.-1 p.m. The students will pick trash on all of the roads leading in and out of town.
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SAD 29 approves $12,499,244 plan
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
HOULTON — A bleak economic picture was painted by SAD 29 officials May 3 as the district’s finance committee met with town officials to discuss the potential impact of the 2012-13 school budget.
As presented, the SAD 29 budget for 2012-13 will be $12,499,244, which is an increase in spending of about $411,177 (3.4 percent) over the previous year.
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SAD 70 budget features slight rise in spending
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
HODGDON — The SAD 70 school board approved a “bare bones” budget of $6,281,988 Monday evening that features an increase of $43,344 in spending over last year.
A public hearing and vote on the budget will be held Thursday, May 31 at 7 p.m. at the Hodgdon Mill Pond School gymnasium. Because the district employs a referendum process for approving its budget, residents may only decrease line items in the budget. No increases can be made to the plan as it’s presented.
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RSU 50 package up 2 percent, impact varies
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
DYER BROOK — The RSU 50 school board approved a $9,261,281 budget Monday evening, but has yet to set a date for its informational meeting and referendum.
RSU 50 interim Superintendent John Doe said the budget, which is up $185,565 (about 2 percent) over the previous year, represented the district’s best efforts to maintain current programs, while keeping costs to a minimum.
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Health Services Foundation acquires rifle for auction
Houlton Pioneer Times Photo/Joseph Cyr
 READY FOR BIDDING — Health Services Foundation Executive Director Elizabeth Dulin, left, looks over the Thompson rifle that will be auctioned off Saturday for the Foundation’s annual charity event. With Dulin is Scott Allen, plant manager for Smith & Wesson.
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
HOULTON — A number of high profile items will be up for grabs this weekend as the Health Services Foundation hosts its second annual charity auction Saturday starting at 5 p.m. inside Yorks of Houlton’s showroom.
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Stage Adventures began with postcard
Photo by Karen Donato
 A GREAT OPPORTUNITY — In 2001, former teaching principal, Tess Buswell was instrumental in introducing the Children’s Stage Adventures theatrical company to students at Wellington School in Monticello. The school, assisted by the Parent Teacher Club has continued to host this event each year since then. Students will perform “Midsummer’s Dream” Friday, May 18 at a dress rehearsal performance at 12:30 p.m. and an evening show at 6:30 p.m. This particular play was also presented in 2006.
By Karen Donato
Special to the Pioneer Times
This will be the 12th season for Wellington School to host Children’s Stage Adventures, a theatre company out of New Hampshire under the direction of Rob and Lorrie Gray.
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