Student in pro-Trump hat sets off taunting, dialogue at South Portland High
SOUTH PORTLAND — When Connor Mullen started wearing a baseball cap bearing Donald Trump’s campaign slogan to South Portland High School three weeks ago, he expected other students to taunt him. But...
View ArticleLePage signs order that keeps embattled education chief in office
AUGUSTA –– Gov. Paul LePage is following through on his plan to install the state’s education chief while bypassing the legislative confirmation process. The governor has approved a financial order...
View ArticleJoint Chiefs chairman to speak at Maine Maritime graduation
The country’s highest-ranking military officer will be the commencement speaker at Maine Maritime Academy’s graduation ceremony in May. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...
View ArticleNeighboring Maine towns share same superintendent finalist
Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth are each seeking a new superintendent of schools, and one candidate is a finalist in both of the neighboring communities. Craig King, superintendent of Western Foothills...
View ArticlePot brownies at Mt. Blue prompt medical use guidelines
In response to a trend of students bringing baked goods containing marijuana to school and consuming them on school grounds, the Regional School Unit 9 board of directors plans to consider a policy...
View ArticleFormer ed tech had left SAD 6 job before arrest on sex charges, board says
The chairwoman of the School Administrative District 6 board said Friday that an educational technician had stopped working for the district four days before he was charged with sexually assaulting a...
View ArticleScarborough chooses new school superintendent
The Scarborough School Board has chosen a public school administrator from Massachusetts to take over when Superintendent George Entwistle retires in June. Julie Kukenberger, who is assistant...
View ArticleBen Bradlee Jr. to speak Monday at Colby College
WATERVILLE — As a government major and member of the varsity hockey team at Colby College in the 1960s, Ben Bradlee Jr. had no intention of pursuing a career in journalism. But after serving in the...
View ArticleColleges tantalize with wait-list maybes
Students applying to top colleges crave to hear “yes!” when decisions roll out in March and brace themselves for “no.” But huge numbers get a vague answer that is neither admission nor denial – a...
View ArticleMainers in Ecuador safe after earthquake
A group of students and teachers from the Greater Portland Christian School in South Portland reported that they are safe after an earthquake in Ecuador claimed the lives of at least 262 people...
View ArticlePresidential campaign captivates Maine teenagers
When 16-year-old Connor Mullen complained recently that he had been taunted by students and teachers at South Portland High School after wearing a baseball cap supporting Donald Trump, it was the...
View ArticleParents of Maine students in Ecuador call earthquake a learning experience
Katie Teague was watching “The Peanuts Movie” with her younger son at home in Westbrook on Saturday evening when her husband got a call from a friend asking if they’d heard about the earthquake in...
View ArticleTennessee transgender bathroom bill withdrawn
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A transgender bathroom bill in the Tennessee legislature failed Monday after the House sponsor said she was withdrawing the legislation while waiting to see how legal challenges play...
View ArticleMaine ranks 7th nationwide in high school achievement
In a slight improvement over last year, Maine high schools rank seventh in the nation in student achievement, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. Last year, the state was...
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Lyseth students ready to continue their Odyssey
A group of students from Lyseth Elementary School in Portland spent part of their spring vacation practicing for the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. Lyseth’s A and B teams of fifth-graders both...
View ArticleTax credit program expands to encourage college grads to take jobs in Maine
After a year and a half working for ESPN in Connecticut, Brendan Gilbert was eager to return to his native Maine. Armed with a degree in communications, he landed a job with Parta Co. in Brunswick,...
View ArticleBattle lines drawn in Yarmouth school budget campaign
YARMOUTH — A proposed $1 million increase in next year’s school budget has ignited a rare political dispute in a community that prizes its well-funded education system, regarded as one of the best in...
View ArticleTwo-time Pulitzer-winning historian to speak at UMF commencement
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Alan Shaw Taylor will be the University of Maine at Farmington’s 2016 commencement speaker. The ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. on May 14 behind the Olsen Student...
View ArticleSAD 6 delays action on nepotism concerns involving school chief’s son
BUXTON — The School Administrative District 6 board met privately for more than two hours Wednesday evening, days after news broke that the superintendent’s son, hired earlier this year as an...
View ArticleMassachusetts unveils rebate plan for some college tuition
BOSTON — Massachusetts will offer tuition rebates to full-time, qualifying students who begin their studies at a community college and go on to earn a bachelor’s degree at a state university....
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