Natalie Barrows is the 2026 winner of the Diane and Dana Whitten Scholarship.
This year marks the 20th annual award, given in honor of the Whittens' decades of…
Education
Friends of Thai Daughters
Enter to win a dream trip anywhere in the world — 100% of proceeds wupport At-Risk Girls in Thailand.
Trevett-based anti-trafficking nonprofit Friends of Thai…
The Rockport High School Alumni Association will be celebrating its 132nd anniversary with a meeting and banquet at the Rockland Elks Lodge (220 Rankin Street) Saturday, July 18,…
"It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners of the Dale Hueppchen Scholarships," said Hueppchen, in a news release.
This new scholarship program…
service project: installation of a 25-foot American flag pole at a Rockland cemetery
Joined by family, friends, and fellow Scouts, Dominic Todd of Troop 200 received the rank of Eagle Scout during a Court of Honor ceremony held May 24 at the Camden Snow Bowl ski lodge. Eagle Scout…
Medomak Middle School announces its Honor Roll for the fourth quarter of the 2025-26 academic year.
High…
for students exploring careers in engineering and computing
ORONO — Through experiments and game-based learning, high school students can learn how to build microchips for powering smartphones, computers…
Herring Gut Coastal Science Center (HGCSC) invites community members, supporters, neighbors, and visitors to join anIce Cream Social and Ribbon Cutting…
Gould Academy students have claimed all three top honors in this year's Camden Conference Bill Taylor Essay Contest, with first prize in the alternate category going…
Registration for summer classes at Belfast Senior College begins on Tuesday, June 23, and the first classes begin on Tuesday, July 7.
Looking for summer fun life-long…
Chewonki visits the Belfast Free Library with an interactive traveling display of tide pools on Monday, June 29, from 11 a.m. - noon. …
Cassondra Heath, of Liberty, was named to the Commonwealth University-Mansfield Spring 2026 Dean's List.
The Dean's List, prepared at the end of each semester, recognizes those students who…
Belfast Free Library begins its Summer Reading program by inviting families to visit on Friday, June 26, from 10 -11 a.m., and experience Mr. Drew’s…
silent auction for newly established Firefighter Foundation, special ceremony for responders to Searsmont fire
The Owls Head Transportation Museum will host its inaugural First Responders Weekend on June 27-28, 2026, bringing together emergency service organizations, historic apparatus, modern response…
'This study helps us learn the rules of how the muscle builds itself. Once you know those rules, it is far easier to develop drug treatments that could help people with muscle disorders'
University of Maine researchers have published new findings about how muscles form, why certain muscle diseases develop and why symptoms may not appear until years…
ROCKLAND — What began three years ago as an idea to help South School students explore future possibilities has grown into a district-wide event serving 475 students…
Medomak Valley High School announces its Class of 2026 Honor Grads.
Earning Magna cum laude are:
David Creamer, Kaylee Collamore, Izabella Simmons, Luke Cheesman, Logan Vigue,…
ORONO — Amid shortages of nurse educators and advanced practice nurses in Maine and nationwide that are limiting care access and quality, according to the…
ORONO, Maine — U.S. consumers are willing to pay more for lobster harvested using ropeless fishing technology designed to reduce whale entanglement risks,…
able to see new and exciting ways of doing things
Students at Thomaston Grammar School have been focusing on creativity during the month of May. Several students at TGS were recognized for being creative at a school-wide assembly on June 3.
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On June 2, at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport, the Windjammers’ Boys’ Tennis Team defeated Mt. Ararat Eagles to advance to the North Class A Tennis finals on Monday, June…
This summer, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) invites youth ages 10 to 18 to get up close and personal with the Belted Galloway calves at Aldermere Farm, a historic…
CAMDEN — Camden Rockport Middle School (CRMS) has installed new Wabanaki language and historical signage at the Camden Public Library and Camden Harbor. The public will be able to see the two…
ROCKLAND — Penobscot Bay Language School continues to offer free English classes and tutorials to all New Mainers. Students can learn in-person at PBLS' new location, 17 Walnut Street in Rockland…
Under bright sunshine and cool, crisp air
CAMDEN — For each senior class of Camden Hills Regional High School, their graduation ceremony is the pinnacle of a weeklong June celebration; but for the community at large, the best part of…
St. George, Nobleboro, Brewer, Oceanside High
ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum will celebrate the opening of the Arts@theIntersection Student Exhibition …
As is done every year, on June 1, the Camden Hills Regional High School Class of 2026 graduates will walk through Camden and attend a Baccalaureate at the Congregational Church…
Liz Hannibal Drury will read her children's book, Davis Goes Apple Picking, followed by a story book activity, Saturday,…
WALDOBORO — Jennifer Daigle is the recipient of this year’s Horace Mann Mugs and Kisses Award for Medomak Valley High School Support Staff.
"The Educational Technician…
Avis Kennedy-Stirling, of Greenville, and Lyndsay Little, of Houlton, have made history as the first young women in the nation to…
Sixth grade students at Camden Rockport Middle School have been learning about how a changing climate is impacting what we consider the "Maine way of life."
They were…
Explore where wetlands and forests meet this summer in Bangor. Maine Outdoor School (MOS) will lead “Woods & Wetlands Camp” in partnership with Bangor Land Trust (BLT).
This summer day…
volunteers committed to raising the necessary matching funds rather than bonding the project
RSU13 District administrators and members of Funding Our Future—a volunteer committee organized to support critical upgrades to school facilities through private fundraising—invite the public to…
An Open House at Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center will be held Saturday, May 30, 2026, from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m., at Tanglewood, 184 Tanglewood Road, Lincolnville,…
The state’s public university system plans to award its first contract for an artificial intelligence platform to ChatGPT Edu, an OpenAI chatbot tool for higher…
previous competitors include St. George Municipal School Unit and Herring Gut Coastal Science Center
Applications for the nation's largest education innovation award, the $1 million Yass Prize, close June 1, 2026, at 12 p.m. Maine education providers of every…
more than 500 educators nominated for 2026 Maine Teacher of the Year
The State of Maine is celebrating its newest cohort of County Teachers of the Year. On Friday, May 15, 2026, at the Hall of Flags in the Maine State House, the Maine…
Week of the Young Child
Three educators from Children’s House Montessori School were among others celebrated as part of a statewide spotlight on inspiring early childhood…
inviting Families, friends, community partners, supporters of career and technical education
The Waldo County Technical Center community will gather on Wednesday, May 27, at 6 p.m., for its annual Senior Recognition Night, honoring graduating seniors and…
plant donations drop off at Langlais Preserve, May 29; baked good donations drop off during sale
The Cushing Community School is gearing up for its 5th annual Little Sprouts plant, seedling, and bake sale on Saturday, May 30, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., rain or shine, at Langlais Art Preserve…
Lincolnville Central School is still accepting registrations for the 2026-2027 Pre–Kindergarten Program, according to the School, in a news release. Families in…
pedal over for free coffee, breakfast snacks, and a morning of fun on bikes
The City of Rockland’s annual Bike to Work + School Day will be held Monday, June 1,from 7 to 8:30 a.m., according to the City, in a May 13, 2026 news release. The event was initially scheduled…
including reserved tables for reunion classes ’46, ’51, ‘56, ‘61, ‘66
The first graduating class of 1899 had only seven students, according to Pam Tibbetts, in a news release. As the class sizes grew, it was decided to build the…
As part of the Belfast Marine Institute's Floating Classroom initiative, BAHS students in Chip Lagerbom's Archaeology class recently returned to the Passagassawakeag shipwreck…
They are brave and do what is right even in situations that are difficult
During the month of April, students at Thomaston Grammar School have been focusing on courage. Several students were recognized for the attribute of courage at a schoolwide assembly on May 6.…
300 entries received from across state
AUGUSTA, MAINE – There were more than 300 entries in the Secretary of State Poster and Essay Contests this year.…
The Spring 2026 tennis season has begun with three wins for the Camden Hills Boys Tennis Team:
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Thomaston Grammar School held a pep rally and assembly on May 1 revealing the new school mascot name and recognizing the NextGen Sea Dog’s Most Improved Students.
Throughout the past…
online auction May 21-28; viewing opportunities, reception at Pascal Hall
Trekkers, a nonprofit youth mentoring organization serving Midcoast Maine, will host its biennial Art Auction from May 21–28, featuring original works by more than 30 regional artists inspired by…
Families with children in kindergarten and older are invited to attend an overview of basic library skills, a tour of the Belfast Free Library, a scavenger hunt…
