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Well said: Skowhegan High speech team wins state title, while three Waterville High students to compete in nationals
Skowhegan team goes undefeated, while Waterville team, revived in 2017 through a donation honoring donor s brother, will send three underclassmen virtually to the national competition in June.
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Members of the Skowhegan Area High School speech team gather Thursday with their state championship trophy at the school auditorium. In front, from left: Carly McCabe, Carolyn Snowman and Ella Conway. In second row, from left: Lizzie Steeves, Zuzu Johnson, Annah Perkins and Emma Smith. Behind the trophy, from left: Emily Lyman, Michael Reynolds and Sophie Wheeler.
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College notebook: Skowhegan junior Jaycie Christopher set to attend Boston University
RiverHawks standout says she recently accepted scholarship offer to play for Terriers.
By Dave DyerKennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel
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Skowhegan junior Jaycie Christopher, right, heads up the court in front of Maranacook’s Gabby Green, back left, during a central Maine basketball Class A/B quarterfinal game on March 4 in Skowhegan. Christopher accepted a scholarship offer to play basketball for Boston University last week.
Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan Area High School junior Jaycie Christopher no longer has to worry about her post-high school plans.
Christopher, a standout basketball player, said she recently accepted a scholarship offer to play at Boston University.
Outbreak investigation opened at Skowhegan Area Middle School
It is believed that transmission may have occurred in school, but officials decided to keep the facility open after discussions with Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
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SKOWHEGAN Superintendent Jon Moody told the Maine School Administrative District 54 board of directors about an open outbreak investigation at Skowhegan Area Middle School.
Board members convened on Thursday to discuss district updates, including mascot imagery selection, the upcoming budget and COVID-19.
Moody said the coronavirus outbreak investigation had occurred Wednesday, and it is believed that transmission may have occurred in school. After discussions with Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, it was decided to keep the facility open.
Water main break in Skowhegan closes schools, leaves some without pressure
Maine Water Co. received reports from customers around 5:30 Monday morning regarding low water pressure throughout Skowhegan.
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Crews from Maine Water, right, watch Monday as an excavator from Nitram Excavation moves rock into a ditch that was rebuilt after a 12-inch water main broke along Heselton Street in Skowhegan. A portion of Heselton Street was also reconstructed following the break.
Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
SKOWHEGAN A water main break caused water pressure to drop and schools to close on Monday morning.
Mark Vannoy, vice president of Maine Water Co., said in a phone call that a leak that started early Monday morning initially caused disruption “to many customers throughout the system.”