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Friday, September 27, 2013
Volume 9 • Issue No. 39
York Middle School First in Maine to be “Plugged In” By Brittany Davenport Contributing Writer YORK – On September 13, York Middle School (YMS) went down in history as the first school in southern Maine to be partially powered by solar panel energy. The “Plugging in” ceremony commemorated the start up of the 40 solar panels on the south facing rooftops. All groups and people who helped play a part in this vision were in attendance at the ceremony, including Senator Angus King, an avid supporter of clean and renewable energy for Maine. Representa-
York Middle School with three of the main speakers at the ceremony. From the left, Eric Hopkins, Senator Angus King, Principal David Williams. (courtesy photo)
tives from Efficiency Maine, Revision Energy and Maine Learning Technology Initia-
tive (MLTI), were also in attendance. Speeches were given by Principal Williams, Senator
King, and Eric Hopkins, chairman of the York Energy Efficiency Committee. The ceremony was dedicated to the late Cynthia Raymond, the co-founder of the York Goes Green Group. “She’s always been a mentor and inspiration to me,” said Hopkins. The week of the ceremony also marked Raymond’s 100-birthday celebration. “Her motto was to not complain, but to do something about it,” he added. The idea for solar panels on the roof of the middle school started in 2006, when Raymond and Hopkins wanted to put solar panels on the York li-
brary. “The cost of solar power energy was over $100,000 then, compared to $23,000 now,” said Hopkins. Throughout the years, Hopkins got together with volunteers interested in renewable energy for York County. The York Town Energy Efficiency Steering Committee and the York Goes Green Group measured and crated a baseline for energy performance. “I had vision and determination but there are so many people who donated their time and expertise, I was just so very grateful,” See SOLAR page 7...
Channel 13 Holds Pep Rally and Broadcasts from Wells High School WELLS – The roof rafters in Wells High School’s Ronco Gymnasium were being strained, perhaps raised just a little, beginning at 5 am on September 13 as the entire WHS student body was invited to show up dressed in their school colors of red, white and black to participate
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in WGME Channel 13’s School Spirit Challenge. From 5 a.m. till 7 a.m., students in the bleachers and all of the fall athletic teams, including the WHS Band readily accepted Channel 13 news anchor Jeff Peterson’s challenges to display some “spirited” team spirit and show how much they liked their school for an early morning television audience. News anchorman Peterson was at Wells High School with a television crew to do a live remote broadcast every 15 minutes from the school as part of Channel 13’s School Spirit Challenge during Daybreak this fall.
But there is more to the School Spirit Challenge than coming together and “firing up the troops” to root for their home team on live television. According to WGME’s website, “The program is designed to promote the community and good stewardship with students of high schools in Central and Southern Maine through an ongoing food drive to benefit the Good Shepherd Food Bank.” So, before WHS students came to the rally on Friday the 13th, they were encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to the gym for donation. And See RALLY page 5...
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With microphone in hand is Jeff Peterson of WGME Ch. 13 broadcasting from Wells High School on September 13th. Peterson and a cameraman are standing in front of boys and girls soccer teams. (Reg Bennett photo)
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The ceremonial groundbreaking included (left to right) SMMC Chief Medical Officer Mike Albaum, MD; Legislator and Mayor of the City of Biddeford Alan Casavant; SMMC President and CEO Ed McGeachey; Chair of the SMHC Board of Trustees Bernard Gaines; SMRT Project Architect Derek Veilleux and President of Ouellet Associates Mike Ouellet. (courtesy photo)
SMMC Breaks Ground on New Medical Office BIDDEFORD – Southern Maine Medical Center (SMMC) held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, Sept. 29, for its new medical office building in the Robert G. Dodge Business Park located on Barra Road in Biddeford. The building, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2014, will house offices for internal medicine, orthopedics, neurology and will include a rehabilitation
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gym and services. This is the first stand-alone building that SMMC has built since erecting its facility at 13 Industrial Park Road in Saco 15 years ago. During the ceremony Bernard Gaines, chair of Southern Maine Health Care’s (SMHC) board of trustees, parent company for SMMC, announced that the trustees had voted to name See SMMC page 12...
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