Easton pageant slated for April 23, 2016
EASTON NEWS
Easton prepares for pageant
This year’s Easton pageant contestants are Little Miss contestant Ashton Embelton, Tiny Miss contestant Allison Bate, Pre-Teen contestant Amelia Bate, Teen Miss contestant Anna-Marie Tompkins, Miss contestant Breann Clayton and Jr. Miss contestant Alysa Lamoreau.
The current queens are 2015 Little Miss Easton Chloe Lento, 2015 Pre-Teen Miss Easton Makenzie Kinney, 2015 Miss Easton Madison Shaw. The pageant is April 23 at the Easton High School at 7 p.m. The cost for general admission tickets is $7.
Co-ed softball
The Easton Recreation Department is now accepting registrations for this summer’s co-ed softball league. Please contact Hillary if you plan to enter a team or to get more information. The league dues will be determined by number of teams entering.
Adult trip planned by rec department
On Thursday, April 7, the group will make the annual excursion for a maple syrup breakfast in Florenceville, New Brunswick. This year, they will be going back to Sugar Moon Cookhouse. It will include an all-you-can-eat breakfast (for lunch) including pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, baked beans, coffee, juice and tea. The cost of $12.50 includes the meal and taxes. You must have either your passport/passport card or a driver’s license and birth certificate to cross the border. Departure time from the Manor is at 9:45 a.m.
Kindergarten/pre-K registration for 2016-17 school year begins
Easton School Department is now accepting registration for children entering kindergarten or pre-K in the fall of 2016. All children residing within the Easton school district who are 5 years old (on or before Oct. 15, 2016) are eligible for enrollment in the kindergarten class. All children residing within the Easton school district who are 4 years old (on or before Oct. 15, 2016) are eligible for the pre-K class.
Please call the Easton Elementary School at 488-7700 as soon as possible to register your child for either of the above classes. The classroom teacher will notify parents/guardians when an informational meeting for parents is scheduled. The following documents are required by the state: proof of immunizations, birth certificate (hospital copies are not acceptable), and proof of residency (rental agreement, utility bill, etc). These documents must be presented prior to the child beginning school.
Sesquicentennial Items for sale at town office
As a year of celebrating Easton’s year-long 150th birthday concludes, there are still a few items available, including books on the history of Easton, titled “A Community Carved from the Wilderness 1865-2015” for only $10, 20-ounce glasses with Bears and Sesquicentennial logos for $8, glass coffee mugs with Bears and Sesquicentennial logos and royal blue T-shirts with sesquicentennial logos for $8 (limited sizes), blue sweatshirts with sesquicentennial logos for $20 (limited quantities) and two-tone caps or standard caps with Easton Bears logos or Sesquicentennial logos for a price of $10.
Orders can be placed by emailing info@eastonme.com or calling the town office at 488-6652. To see samples, please visit eastonme.com or stop by the town office.
Hillary Hallett is the correspondent for Easton. She can be reached by sending an e-mail to hillary_jt@myfairpoint.net or calling 551-7737.
