Driver’s bus route all too familiar, but first day of school never gets old
BIDDEFORD — Students and teachers are still at home getting ready for the first day of school when Priscille Hetzel arrives at the school transportation office. She snags a couple of handwritten notes...
View ArticleNew Hampshire university to take in students after Harvey
RINDGE, N.H. — A New Hampshire university is offering a free semester to college students displaced by Hurricane Harvey. Franklin Pierce University will provide free tuition, room and board to up to 20...
View ArticleEliot Cutler resigns as head of UMaine System graduate center
After two years, Eliot Cutler has resigned from his position heading up efforts to create a new Portland-based graduate center for the University of Maine System. “When I took the job I agreed to get...
View ArticleCommerce Department awards $1.5 million grant to support aquaculture
The U.S. Department of Commerce is investing $1.5 million to support the development of Maine’s aquaculture industry. The grant from the Economic Development Administration will be used by the Darling...
View ArticleScarborough divided as voters head to 3rd vote on school budget
SCARBOROUGH — Brightly colored campaign signs lined up alongside Route 1 illustrate the deep divide and differing views that persist as town voters prepare for a third referendum Tuesday on the...
View ArticleAs Maine’s school programs shift, more educators needed
Gov. Paul LePage made headlines recently when he drew criticism for saying teachers “are a dime a dozen” while praising vocational training and mentorship at the grand opening of a workforce...
View ArticleUMaine professor researching ways to slow browntail moth
A University of Maine professor is researching how the natural enemies of an invasive moth can be used to stop the pest’s growth in Maine. The browntail moth is loathed around Maine for its ability to...
View ArticleKents Hill’s new head of school begins tenure in Readfield
READFIELD — Christopher Cheney has spent the last few months meeting staff and getting to know the community since he was named the new leader of Kents Hill School. He’s also remembering what it’s like...
View ArticleMaine Department of Education makes push for regional services
While the state Department of Education pushes plans to regionalize services, local educators are not sure what that will mean for school districts as they are now organized. Several Maine school...
View ArticleMaine parents still in the dark about criminal checks on school employees
Delays in establishing an online database mean Maine parents are starting another school year without a way to find out whether every employee in their child’s school has passed a criminal background...
View ArticlePortland school board to vote on how to spend state surplus
School district officials in Portland are recommending setting aside most of $1.7 million in extra state funding for a new stabilization reserve fund and use the rest for hiring ed techs, aiding...
View ArticleAfter 3 votes, Scarborough finally has a school budget
SCARBOROUGH — Town voters finally approved a 2017-18 school budget on the third try Tuesday, bringing an end to an especially long and divisive budget season. The vote was 2,223 to 1,985, with 53...
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UMaine Augusta’s new drone course training aces for a growing industry
AUGUSTA — With unmanned aerial vehicles playing an increasing role in aviation, University of Maine at Augusta officials say the college’s fledgling course for remote pilot operators will have...
View ArticleBowdoin receives $10 million donation for Coastal Studies Center
An Apple executive and his wife have donated $10 million to Bowdoin College to expand the private school’s Coastal Studies Center in Harpswell. The gift is from Philip Schiller and Kim Gassett-Schiller...
View ArticlePolice have suspects in gun threat at Jay middle school
Regional School Unit 73 is back to normal after three Jay schools went into lockdown this morning when authorities received a report there was someone in Spruce Mountain Middle School with a gun....
View ArticleBowdoin College buys home once marketed as place where ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’...
Bowdoin College in Brunswick has purchased a late-18th century house from a family who has made disputed claims that author Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote portions of her acclaimed novel, “Uncle Tom’s...
View ArticleEight students stung by bees at South Portland school
SOUTH PORTLAND — Eight Memorial Middle School students received medical treatment Friday after they were stung by bees while walking on a nature trail near the school. The sixth-graders encountered a...
View ArticleRacist, homophobic graffiti found in building on Bowdoin campus
Bowdoin College officials have condemned the homophobic and racist graffiti discovered on a white board inside a campus building, believed to have been left there between midnight and 2:30 a.m....
View ArticleMore programs give special attention to first-generation university students
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — As she readied to leave for her first day of college in Vermont, Ariana Rios’ father teared up and reminded her that she carried not only her hopes, but those of their entire family....
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For Waterville’s Mollie Pleau, the sky’s not the limit, it’s the destination
WATERVILLE — Mollie Pleau has heard it many times: “A woman majoring in physics? A woman entering the U.S. Air Force to study to be a nuclear physicist? Don’t you know you’ll never be able to compete...
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