University system Chancellor James Page to retire at end of school year
Page, 66, has overseen financial stabilization and a refining of educational goals and priorities in the seven-campus system during his seven years in the job.
View ArticleUMaine Republican group catches flak for ‘Deck the Wall’ party
The group says the event was meant to spark dialogue, but the marketing language fell short.
View ArticleHeating oil odor forces closure of South Portland school for 3rd day
Memorial Middle School students will attend classes at South Portland High School on Thursday while malfunctioning boilers are repaired.
View ArticleCourt upholds ruling to let Arundel middle schoolers attend Thornton Academy
The private school and several Arundel parents had sued the RSU 21 board after it voted to stop paying for students to attend its middle school instead of a public school within the district.
View ArticleSouth Portland council backs zoning change for new middle school
Councilors unanimously approve the first reading of a proposal to allow the school on Wescott Road to be as tall as 60 feet.
View ArticleBook lover left USM $500,000 to benefit special collection
The gift from Albert Howard, a longtime library employee who died in 2017, will fund an endowment for the university's Special Collections at the Glickman Family Library.
View ArticleSearch for burglary suspect led to lockout at Gray-New Gloucester schools
The man was taken into custody about 3:45 p.m., the sheriff's department reports.
View ArticleMinor injuries reported after school bus and pickup truck collide in Winslow...
Minor injuries were reported after a bus carrying students from Palermo Consolidated School to a basketball game at Temple Academy in Waterville collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of...
View ArticleOil odor closes South Portland middle school again Friday
Memorial Middle School students will get an early start to the holiday break because of this week's boiler breakdown.
View ArticleWinslow school bus crash with minor injuries still under investigation
A red plow truck traveling on Cushman Road was struck by the bus at the intersection of Carter Memorial Drive Thursday afternoon, police said.
View ArticleThomas College president strives to meet students’ needs
Six years since taking office, Thomas College President Laurie Lachance can point to many accomplishments.
View ArticleAs feds ease school lunch nutritional standards, Maine schools stay the course
Food service directors say students have become accustomed to whole grains and other nutritionally beneficial foods and often prefer them to less healthy alternatives.
View ArticleUNH joins science center to probe marine mammals’ deaths
The University of New Hampshire is partnering with the Seacoast Science Center to help determine why seals and other marine mammals are dying along New England's coast.
View ArticleEcology School prepares to build new home in Saco, and it’ll be among Maine’s...
Plans call for breaking ground in the spring on a dormitory and dining hall due to open in 2020.
View ArticleWalmart heirs promote charter schools among black community
Charter schools are often in urban areas with large back populations, intended as alternatives to struggling city schools.
View ArticleMills nominates Brunswick school administrator as Maine’s education chief
Pender Mankin, a former Maine principal of the year, vows to support public school teachers, administrators and students.
View ArticleSouth Portland middle school’s heat and odor problems fixed
Superintendent Ken Kunin says students will be welcomed back Wednesday to a building with "reliable" boilers and no heating oil odor.
View ArticleKansas teenager to collect high school diploma, Harvard degree
His parents say they understood their son was special in third grade. He skipped fourth grade.
View ArticleRhodes scholar and ‘Dreamer’ fears he can’t return to USA
A Harvard student who became the first "Dreamer" to receive a Rhodes Scholarship says the joy of that achievement has given way to uncertainty.
View ArticleAfter scandal, Dartmouth College revises sexual misconduct policy
The college will start mandatory training on the federal law barring gender discrimination and put more resources into mental health.
View Article