Archive for ‘School’

  • Fryeburg Academy to induct 2013 Hall of Excellence class

    FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy will proudly introduce the seven new members to be inducted into the 2013 Hall of Excellence at a ceremony to be held this Saturday, Sept. 14, at 10:30 a.m. in the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. The public is welcome to attend this free admission presentation. The six alumni and […]

  • Committee selects 2013 Lake Region Hall of Fame inductees

      The Lake Region High School Hall of Fame will induct six new members this winter. The eight-member Hall of Fame Committee selected the following as members of the Class of 2013: • Ivy Ward-Spencer, Class of 1974; four-year varsity basketball player; top defensive field hockey player, captain her junior and senior years; track & […]

  • Player of the Week: Audrey Blais

    Audrey Blais made a strong first impression Saturday at the Lake Region Invitational cross-country run. The LR sophomore made her cross-country debut, and cracked the Top 10 with a sixth place finish. Although the Lakers are thin on numbers, Audrey could be a good piece to build a program around. “In the two weeks we […]

  • Player of the Week: Ben Roy

    Ben Roy is one of the hardest workers on the Lake Region varsity cross-country team and is a leader by example. The LR senior is a captain and a four-year member of the cross-country program. “Ben strives for individual improvement at practice and sets a good example for his teammates (boys and girls),” Laker Coach […]

  • New era begins as Erin Mayo takes charge at Fryeburg Academy

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Like many students, Erin Mayo is looking forward to her first day of school. As the new Head of School at Fryeburg Academy, Mayo is eager to see the arrival of new boarding students this Saturday and Sunday and the return of the Raider student body on […]

  • Super hero? BOB enters anti-bullying battle

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Tammy Drew Hoidal remembers clearly how her face felt hot and her stomach became queasy whenever she saw someone being bullied in junior high. “I believed because I walked away every time this occurred that I wasn’t a participant,” she said. Sister, Laura Drew Farraher, was too shy to […]

  • New head of school setting in at Fryeburg Academy

    FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy’s new Head of School has arrived! Erin P. Mayo, husband Peter Gurnis, daughter Maeve, age 17, and son Gunnar, 12, moved to Fessenden House in mid-June. On July 1, Mayo, the first woman to head this 222-year-old school, walked across the street for her first day on the job. “I am […]

  • Hearing set on C.A. Snow School construction plan

    FRYEBURG — How should SAD 72 proceed in regards to building a new C.A. Snow School? The Maine Department of Education has approved a school-construction project to replace the existing C. A. Snow Elementary School in Fryeburg and to eliminate the district’s need for portable classrooms. The Molly Ockett Middle School campus has been approved […]

  • Gray selected for All-National Honors Band

    When he was just a freshman, Zachary Gray tied for the highest score in the state among high school trumpet players. Now a sophomore, the honors just keep racking up for this Lake Region High School Concert Band member. Six years of practice and dedication — not to mention a good set of lungs — […]

  • Azel wins KLWA’s Joan Irish Award

    LOVELL — Sasha Azel of Center Lovell is the 2013 recipient of the Kezar Lake Watershed Association’s Joan Irish award. Sasha graduated from Fryeburg Academy this summer, and is attending Virginia Tech in the fall to major in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Each year, the Joan Irish Award honors a local student who has shown […]