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After the 2021 loss of Dr. Levesque Elementary School in Frenchville to a fire, MSAD 33 officials are working toward obtaining funding to build a new PreK-12 facility.
The following is the second of two articles highlighting some of the top news stories from 2021. This article highlights events from July to December. The first installment appeared in the Dec. 29 issue.
Updated 5 hours ago NBCUniversal Media, LLC A Maine elementary school that was devastated by a fire over the weekend did not have a sprinkler system and was not required to because of its age, the state fire marshal said. The wings of the Dr. Levesque Elementary School in Frenchville that burned down were constructed in 1963, prior to building codes mandating sprinkler systems in schools, Fire Marshal Joe Thomas told NECN and NBC 10 Boston Tuesday. "There is no blame, they didn't do anything wrong," said Thomas of the school district, adding that, "until the 1990s, we didn't see fire suppress...