SMCC graduates record number of students
SOUTH PORTLAND — Southern Maine Community College awarded a record number of degrees Sunday when hundreds of students were joined by family and friends at the school’s 71st commencement. In all, 1,120...
View ArticleOne Maine school evacuated, another locked down
Following the deadly shooting Friday at a high school in Texas, two schools in Maine took precautionary measures Monday in response to reports of a threat and an overheard conversation that raised...
View ArticleUNE launches new institute for North Atlantic, Arctic issues
The University of New England on Monday launched a new institute dedicated to education and research in the North Atlantic and Arctic regions. The Institute for North Atlantic Studies of the University...
View ArticleUMaine System trustees approve tuition hike
The cost of attending the University of Maine System campuses will increase by an average of $466 a year next fall under a tuition and fees increase approved Monday by the system trustees. It’s the...
View ArticleAnonymous donor gives $10,000 to pay Westbrook student lunch debts
Westbrook Superintendent Peter Lancia was in the middle of a TV interview Monday about student lunch debt in his district when the email arrived. The message from an anonymous donor said she wanted to...
View ArticleUMF names Eric C. Brown interim president
Eric C. Brown, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Maine at Farmington, will take over as interim president of the university starting July 1, the University of Maine...
View ArticleData: See schools where kindergarten students are not being vaccinated
SOURCE: Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention INTERACTIVE: Julia McCue School County # Kindergarten students % Kindergarten students exempted Medical exemption Religious exemption...
View ArticleWells High panel recommends ending use of Native American imagery
The Wells High School Mascot Advisory Committee will recommend discontinuing the use of Native American imagery while keeping the Warriors nickname, based on the results of Wednesday’s secret ballot....
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High school in Androscoggin County closed by threat will reopen Friday
WALES — Oak Hill High School will reopen Friday after State Police and K-9 units searched the building Thursday morning after the discovery of a threat scrawled on a bathroom wall Wednesday. Regional...
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Ex-Obama adviser Susan Rice gets honorary Bowdoin degree
BRUNSWICK — Susan Rice, the former national security adviser to President Obama whose grandparents emigrated from Jamaica to Portland, was one of three honorary degree recipients at Bowdoin College’s...
View ArticleColby graduates urged to advance civility, sense of community
WATERVILLE — Despite the promise of a rainy forecast, the skies were clear for the 197th commencement at Colby College on Sunday, where speakers spoke of civility and engagement to the roughly 480...
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Four candidates compete for 3 seats on Yarmouth School Committee
YARMOUTH — Four candidates are competing for three School Committee seats up for graps in the June 12 municipal election. Laura Coroi is seeking re-election and is opposed by Jeffrey Kew, Newell Augur...
View ArticleCumberland County school chiefs respond to DeVos statements on immigrant...
The heads of eight school districts in Cumberland County reaffirmed their commitment Tuesday to follow federal law guaranteeing all students the right to a public education, regardless of immigration...
View ArticleNo special election in Scarborough to replace ousted school board members
SCARBOROUGH — Four remaining school board members decided Tuesday against holding a special election this summer to replace three members who were voted off the panel earlier this month. Remaining...
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A warning, an emergency lockdown – 44 minutes later, the scene is secure
ROCKLAND — The call to Rockland police came in Tuesday morning, and it could not have been more clear. A woman from out of state had spoken with a man in town. He was hearing voices, and they were...
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Labor board rules against Westbrook teachers on issues in contract dispute
More than 100 Westbrook teachers staged a demonstration at a school committee meeting in May to call for a new contract. Courtesy of Westbrook Education Association Westbrook teachers have lost a...
View ArticleFormer high school dean convicted in drug shooting
BOSTON — A former high school dean known as an anti-violence advocate was convicted Thursday of shooting and nearly killing a student he had recruited to sell marijuana for him. Shaun Harrison, 58, was...
View ArticleFederal panel examines school’s safety effort, focused on building...
HANOVER, Md.— Thursday’s meeting of the Federal Commission on School Safety started on the multicolored carpet of a Maryland classroom. Crouched down on the rug, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was...
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Mental health evaluation continues for Rockland man who spoke of school shooting
The Rockland man taken into protective custody Tuesday after making a threat about shooting up a school is still under evaluation at Pen Bay Medical Center, his mother said. Brandon Luzzi Photo from...
View ArticleAnother big-name university drops SAT/ACT essay requirement
The number of colleges that require applicants to complete the timed-essay portion of college admission tests is dwindling. On Friday, Yale University said applicants will no longer be required to...
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