UMaine signs pact to preserve Penobscot Nation’s cultural heritage
ORONO – The University of Maine and the Penobscot Nation have signed an agreement to help preserve the tribe’s cultural heritage. WABI-TV reports officials from the university and the tribe met...
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Bates College students call for an end to student debt
Bates College first-year student William Hibbitts speaks against student debt and for tuition grants during the Bates Affordable Education Campaign rally on the Lewiston campus Friday. Daryn Slover/Sun...
View ArticleCollege graduation season goes into full swing across Maine
Civil rights leader and educator DeRay Mckesson urged the hundreds of graduates at the University of Southern Maine’s graduation ceremony Saturday to change the world. Mckesson, a 2007 graduate of...
View ArticleEarning degree no small feat for Augusta mother
AUGUSTA — Lynn Merrill, 61, insists that she’s an “ordinary person.” Her family members disagree. “Of course Mom is special,” said Sarah Dyer, the middle of Merrill’s three adult children, on a recent...
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Iraqi refugee’s story reveals pathway to American dream
BIDDEFORD — Ahmed Al Shuwaili remembers clearly the night his father sat on the roof of their home in Iraq and told him he dreamed his three children would go to college. The next day, the 16-year-old...
View ArticleWestbrook teachers, school committee reach impasse on contract
Westbrook teachers have been working with an expired contract since last summer. The most recent contract between the Westbrook Education Association and the Westbrook School Committee ran out at the...
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Portland council votes 7-2 to reduce school budget by $1.1 million
The Portland City Council voted Monday to reduce the nearly $112 million school budget proposal by more than $1.1 million, forcing school leaders to meet this week to draft a list of cuts so a final...
View ArticleHere’s how much of their own money teachers are shelling out for school supplies
Pencils, pens, crayons, construction paper, T-shirts, snacks and, sometimes, a pair of shoes: The costs add up for public school teachers who reach into their own pockets for classroom supplies,...
View ArticlePortland superintendent offers new list of cuts to reduce school budget by...
Portland Superintendent Xavier Botana has backed off his proposal to close island schools, among other controversial measures, as part of $1.1 million in budget reductions demanded by the City Council....
View ArticleSouth Portland High School principal takes job in Windham
The South Portland High School principal will be the new head of Windham High School. South Portland Superintendent Ken Kunin confirmed Ryan Caron’s departure in an email Wednesday. The South Portland...
View ArticleUMaine researcher gets grant to study aging fat tissue
ORONO – A University of Maine professor is receiving a $750,000 grant from the American Heart Association to study the effect of aging fat tissue on cardiovascular and metabolic conditions. The...
View ArticleLeaders of embattled Massachusetts college may face subpoenas
BOSTON — Top officials of a Massachusetts college that recently closed its doors declined to appear before lawmakers at an oversight hearing on Wednesday, prompting the head of the panel to warn that...
View ArticleTeacher protests spread to North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — Thousands of teachers filled the main street of North Carolina’s capital Wednesday demanding better pay and more funding for public schools, hoping to achieve what other educators...
View ArticleBates College offers first glimpse of its vision for new science center
LEWISTON — Bates College offered the first look at its new science center on Thursday, releasing an artist’s rendering of a three-story modern design planned for 45 Campus Ave. with large blocks of...
View ArticlePortland school board approves budget cuts recommended by superintendent
The Portland Board of Public Education voted 6-1 Thursday to approve a new list of reductions to next year’s budget proposal. Even with the $1.2 million in reductions ordered by the City Council on...
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Feature obituary: Edward Kaelber, 94, founding president of College of the...
Edward Kaelber, founding president of the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor and founder of the Maine Community Foundation, died Thursday at The Colonnades senior living community in...
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Kennebec Valley Community College graduation is a family affair
AUGUSTA — Wearing a hard hat like the rest of the electrical lineworker program graduates about to march into Kennebec Valley Community College’s commencement, Brian Zwicker smiled as he saw his...
View ArticleTexas school had shooting plan, 2 armed police officers
SANTA FE, Texas — They, like so many others, thought they had taken the steps to avoid this. The school district had an active-shooter plan, and two armed police officers walked the halls of the high...
View ArticleFatal shooting renews debate over school design
Just hours after the nation’s latest school shooting, the debate began anew: Are American schools built in a way that makes them easy targets? Are there too many windows, too many entrances and exits...
View ArticleSouth Portland panel selects site for new middle school
SOUTH PORTLAND — A new, combined middle school will likely be built at the existing Memorial Middle School property on Wescott Road, according to Superintendent of Schools Ken Kunin. Two information...
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