For the past two decades, Waldo County Technical Center (WCTC) has been honoring its highest achieving students by inducting them into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS).
“Because…
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HAMPDEN — The voters of Frankfort and Winterport will cast ballots Tuesday, June 8 for a proposed $35 million school budget for Regional School Unit 25.
For a complete breakdown of budget…
NORTHPORT — Voters in the Town of Northport will be voting Monday, June 7 on a proposed school budget for the Edna Drinkwater School.
ARTICLE 34. To see what sum the Northport School…
ROCKPORT — The agenda for the next Five Town CSD school board meeting Wednesday, June 2 has been set.
The meeting will be held virtually over Zoom at 7 p.m.
To view the meeting: …
WALDOBORO — The school board agenda for the next Regional School Unit 40 meeting Thursday, June 3 has been set.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. with participants joining either via…
VINALHAVEN — Voters in the Town of Vinalhaven are being asked to give their input on a proposed $4.7 million school budget for the upcoming school year.
A public hearing for the budget…
ISLESBORO — The Town of Islesboro will be holding its annual town meeting, including approval of the school budget for the upcoming school year, at the town office Tuesday, June 22.
The…
BELFAST — The Alternative Education Association of Maine has announced Lindsey Schortz of the Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education (BCOPE) has been named the 2021 Alternative Educator…
ROCKLAND — The school board for Regional School Unit 13 has set the agenda for its next meeting, Thursday, June 3.
The highlight of the meeting will be the approval of the new Oceanside…
GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania — Electrical engineering major Trevor Iltis, from Rockport, has been named to the Grove City College Dean's List, with Distinction, for the Spring 2021 semester.
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parking lot parade!
THOMASTON — On May 27, Thomaston Grammar School had a Zooming Into Summer event. Amber Taylor-Soares, TGS speech assistant, came up with an idea to have a vehicle parade here at school.
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AUGUSTA — Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows hosted Wednesday student artists from King Middle School in Portland and Sweetland School in Hope, Maine-based artist Rob Shetterly and Assistant…
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Taxation Committee voted Tuesday in favor of a bill from Senator Chip Curry, D-Belfast, that would provide incentives to employers to participate in apprenticeship…
CEDARVILLE, Ohio — Madelaine Martens, from Northport, graduated from Cedarville University on the weekend of April 30 - May 1 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing after being named to the Dean's…
DURHAM, New Hampshire — Four Waldo and Knox County alum graduated from the University of New Hampshire, in Durham, over the weekend of Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23, 2021.
Students…
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BELFAST — Members of the local Belfast Lions Club and their mascot, Leo, recently presented a certificate of recognition to students at the Captain Albert Stevens School in Belfast for their…
SEARCY, Arizona — Jenni Nadeau, of Unity, is one of more than 700 students who received a diploma at Harding University's Spring commencement ceremonies May 7-8, 2021.
Nadeau received a…
open to students in Knox, Waldo, Lincoln, Hancock, Kennebec, Penobscot, and Sagadahoc counties
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre announces its second annual Strand Youth Film Fest (SYFF) – an opportunity for young people living in Midcoast Maine and surrounding areas to create and…
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — Bryn A. Onoshko, of Union, was among more than 800 bachelor's degrees at its in-person undergraduate celebration ceremonies on May 23. Degrees were conferred to graduates…
The following is the commencement address of University of Maine valedictorian Bailey West of Stockton Springs:
Dear class of 2021, congratulations!
Our college years have…
three UMM associate degrees, five certificate programs
BELFAST — Through a new partnership, students from Midcoast Maine can now earn associate degrees or certificates from the University of Maine at Machias (UMM) at the University of Maine Hutchinson…
first bridge in the nation to use ‘GBeams’ designed and patented by umaine
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins joined Maine Department of Transportation officials, University of Maine researchers, Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT) Bridges and industry partners at the Grist…
BURNHAM — Residents in the Town of Burnham will be tasked with voting on a trio of referendum items related to the RSU 53 school budget Tuesday, June 8.
Voting will be held from 1 p.m. to…
ROCKLAND — Voters in the Regional School Unit 13 school district are being asked to consider approving a $33 million budget for the upcoming school year.
Residents in the communities of…
WALDOBORO — Voters within the Regional School Unit 40 school district will be voting on a nearly $17 million budget Tuesday, June 8.
The communities of Waldoboro, Union, Warren, Washington…
PALERMO — Voters in Palermo are voting on a proposed $24.47 million school budget for Regional School Unit 12.
The budget is an increase of $689,552 from last year, or 2.89 percent. …
LINCOLNVILLE — Voters in the Town of Lincolnville are being asked to consider a nearly $3.7 million school budget that is 1.93 percent higher than last year’s.
Election Day for this school…
APPLETON — The school committee agenda for the next Appleton Village School meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held Thursday, May 27 virtually over Zoom at 5 p.m.
To…
BELFAST — The Regional School Unit 71 school board will be meeting Monday, May 24, and the agenda for the meeting has been set.
The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. virtually over Zoom…
ROCKPORT — The school boards for Five Town CSD and SAD 28 will meet in a joint session Wednesday, May 26 virtually with the focal point of the meeting being a pair of executive sessions.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — “It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Winter 2021 President's List,” said…
sustainably address the persistent food security and food waste challenges facing Maine communities
Researchers at the University of Maine and the University of Maine Farmington (UMF) have received a grant of $29,996 to facilitate development of a circular food system that promotes value-added…
aquaponic systems and design, fish husbandry, aquaponic gardening, cooking and nutrition
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is partnering with the University of Maine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research and UMaine Aquaculture Research Institute to offer a…
CANTON, New York — Forrest M. Boucher, from Islesboro, was one of the more than 450 members of St. Lawrence University's Class of 2021 who earned their degree following the University's…
May 18, via Zoom
The school boards of the Camden Rockport K-8 schools and Camden Hills Regional High School will hold two consecutive…
BEXLEY, Ohio — Julia Holt, of Camden, was named to the Dean's List at Capital University for the spring 2021 semester.
In order to be named to the Dean's List, full-time, degree-seeking…
the virus that spurred a global pandemic
Specific receptors in the immune cells detect and generate responses to defend against the virus that causes COVID-19 — SARS-COV-2 — when it infects the body, according to University of Maine…
the carbon cycle and its role in present and future climates
University of Maine researchers are participating in a monthlong research voyage in the North Atlantic Ocean to investigate the degree to which the visual characteristics of the upper ocean…
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UNITY — Voters within the Regional School Unit 3 school district will be casting ballots on both a school budget ballot and open school board seats June 8.
The district is proposing a…
BELFAST — Voters within Regional School Unit 71 are being asked to vote June 8 on the proposed $28.7 million school budget for the 2021-2022 school year.
The communities of Belfast,…
UNION — The agenda for the Regional School Unit 40 school board meeting Thursday, May 20 has been set.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. with participants joining either via Google Meet…
FARMINGTON — During a Friday tour of Foster Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center in Farmington, Governor Janet Mills highlighted the importance of Maine CTEs in training skilled workers and…
The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:
Seventeen years ago Maine people overwhelmingly voted to require the State to fund 55 percent…
accepting applications starting May 15
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Jr., and U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Congressman Jared Golden will begin accepting nomination applications from Maine high…
CAMDEN — The agenda has been set for the next SAD 28 school board meeting Wednesday, May 19 at 7 p.m.
The meeting will be held virtually over Zoom (networkmaine.zoom.us/j/81511235869) and…
‘Our passion is about lifting up Maine students’
PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine has bestowed honorary degrees to the co-founders of the Worthington Scholarship Foundation.
During the virtual commencement ceremony last weekend…
an aspiration to learn about mechanical and civil engineering
WASHINGTON — This summer, Luke Baker, of Washington, will join outstanding middle school students from across the nation who are taking part in a unique academic and career oriented development…
OP-ED: Future of music education in local schools lies on shoulders of MSAD 28 board
It is with great pride that, until my retirement last year, I taught instrumental music in Camden and Rockport for 36 of my 38-year teaching career. …
APPLETON — The school committee agenda for the next Appleton Village School board meeting Monday, May 17 has been set.
The meeting will be held virtually at 5 p.m. via Zoom.
To…
WESTMINSTER, Maryland — McDaniel College welcomes Sylvan Eichenlaub and Wilson Gray among its incoming members of the Class of 2025.
Sylvan Eichenlaub, of Hope, is a graduate of Camden…
