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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 173
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Bypass plans are fading into the distance, but state is holding onto the land for now BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — The Route 16 bypass project is inching closer to the cutting room floor, but the state has no plans to sell off
the millions of dollars of land it purchased to create a corridor for the project. The project has been pushed back to at least 2022. The $22 million in land and buildings the state bought, meanwhile, is going to stay in state hands, even though
the project is looking less and less likely. “If they’re not going to build it,” Conway selectboard chair David Weathers said, “let’s get [the land] back on the tax rolls.” see BYPASS page 8
Kennett beefs up its SAT scores
Fryeburg recreation trail paved; official opening in October
Above the national average for the first time in several years
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THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
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FRYEBURG — Paving was completed Wednesday on a 1.5-mile northern section of the Mountain Division Rail Trail in Fryeburg. “It's not open yet, but the paving is done,” said Fryeburg resident Dave Kinsman Wednesday evening. Still to be completed are landscaping and signage, said Kinsman, president of the Mountain Division Alliance. He said crews from Coleman and Son Inc. of Albany have been working on the 1.5-mile section from the Maine Visitor Center to Porter Road since June. Next year, in a separate project, another 2.5mile section is to be built from Porter Road to Airport Road. The eventual longsee TRAIL page 11
Crews lay pavement on the Fryeburg part of the Mountain Division bicycle and pedestrian trail Wednesday. The 1.5-mile trail runs from the Maine State Visitor Information Center on Route 302 to Porter Road. Fencing and landscaping still need to be done along the trail. Plans are to continue the trail another two and a half miles from Porter Road to the Fryeburg airport next year. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
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CONWAY — Kennett High's SAT scores, which had been on a three-year decline, have risen 95 points in two years and now exceed the national average scores. "Here's the beef," Kennett principal Neal Moylan said, smiling, as he presented members of the Conway School Board with his board report highlighting the improvement in the school's SAT scores. "I sat before the (Conway Municipal) Budget Committee last winter ,and the word I got was, 'Show me the beef (as far as SAT scores go),'" Moylan said. "I can proudly stand before you and tell you here's the beef. The cumulative SAT scores for the 20092010 year showed an 81 point increase over the 2010 scores and establish our school SAT average at 1,550. This is Kennett High School's highest SAT cumulative average and is our second consecutive year of SAT score improvement. The Kennett two-year increase totals 95 points which has propelled our school scores see SAT SCORES page 9
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