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GORHAM — School Administrative Unit 20 has finalized its plans for the start of the school year, with final approval of those plans expected this week.

MILAN — Sandy Fitzmorris, technology teacher at the Milan Village School, was selected as the winner of the 2021 Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) award by the New Hampshire Society of Professional Engineers. The society, made up of engineering firms from all over the state, annually presents the award to a teacher in the STEM field. Representing the society, Robert Rotier presented the award to Fitzmorris at a surprise meeting at the Milan Village school Tuesday, April 13. “I am so pleased that someone from the North Country was nominated for this award,” said Rot...

ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY — Local school officials were still scrambling Monday to learn more about Gov. Chris Sununu's order that all schools in the state must reopen fully five days a week by April 19. Both Berlin and Gorham schools operate in a hybrid mode, with a majority of students in-school and some in remote learning. All were caught off guard by Sununu’s announcement Thursday afternoon. At the Berlin school board meeting Thursday night, Superintendent of Schools Julie King told the board she had heard the order just two hours earlier on television and had immediately emailed N.H....

Three additional deaths announced Tuesday Update: Tuesday, March 16, 8:03 p.m. State health officials announced three additional COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday. All three residents were older than 60. New Hampshire has recorded 1,202 deaths from the coronavirus since the pandemic began. The state reported 286 new cases, 2,074 active infections, and 66 hospitalizations on March 16. - NHPR Staff Update: Tuesday, March 16, 7:35 a.m. Several local hospitals are loosening visitor policies, as coronavirus cases in New Hampshire continue to decrease and vaccination efforts expand. Catholic Medica...

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