CAMDEN — School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport K-8) has initiated its Take-a-Seat Campaign and invites supporters to donate and name a seat in the new Bisbee Theater, which is under…
Education
Two University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) students received the first and second place awards in a essay contest by…
ROCKPORT — Nineteen graduating seniors at Camden Hills Regional High School were recipients of Worthington Scholarships that help academically sound students with financial need minimize debt…
ROCKLAND — David Hoch knows the Region 8 building well. In fact, he and another Rockland resident owned it for a time, well before students learned to feel a pulse, oil a carburetor, or flambée a…
WALPOLE — For the last two years, Elise Hartill has studied the coral communities of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The work culminated this spring when she was awarded a master…
‘This is a very special community’
THORNDIKE — Leadership turnover continues to occur within the Regional School Unit 3 ranks.
Earlier this year, the district lost its superintendent, assistant superintendent and athletic…
WARREN — Horch Roofing has announced the recipients of four scholarships in 2019 totaling $3,500.
“We believe it is important to encourage young men and women to study and seize…
CAMDEN — On Tuesday, June 18, a group of seven Camden-Rockport Middle School students dropped off some re-usable shopping bags at Megunticook Market at 2 Gould Street. The seventh-graders made the…
ROCKLAND — Four Mid-Coast School of Technology graduates were named winners in the 15th annual Arrive Alive Creative Contest sponsored by the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein. The contest asks…
BELFAST — Preparation for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) will be the focus of eight weekly classes at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center beginning July 15. The course, taught by Mary…
Belfast — The University of Maine Hutchinson Center and the Restorative Justice Project of Belfast will offer a six-session program, “Foundations in School-based Restorative Practices,” beginning…
MIDCOAST — More than 100 teams came out to Bowl for Kids’ Sake in April in Northport, Belfast, Waldoboro, and Rockport to support local youth mentoring programs. The annual event, presented by…
course designed to challenge conventional views of parent involvement and home-school relationships
BELFAST — The University of Maine Hutchinson Center will offer a graduate literacy course this summer beginning June 24.
Literacy in the Home, School and Community (ERL 590) will run June…
UMaine Hutchinson Center
BELFAST — An innovative three-week STEM research course for high school students will be offered by the University of Maine June 24 – July 12 at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
The…
Camden/Rockport Middle School sixth grade profoundly astute
CAMDEN – What could we change to make the earth, our town or our home a better place? Ninety sixth graders at the Camden/Rockport Middle School presented those ideas at their third annual Kids…
ROCKLAND – Five students graduated from Wayfinder School’s Passages Program, in Camden, June 13 at the First Universalist Church in Rockland. Erica Gates, Passages director, welcomed Wayfinder…
BELFAST — Boy Scout Troop 35, from Searsmont, helped Belfast Bay Watershed Trail Crew lay new cedar planks to replace rotting bog bridges on the Little River Community Trail in Belfast on June 15…
left a lasting impression on thousands of students
AUGUSTA — On Thursday, June 13, Sen. Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, honored Pat Clark, of Unity, for her 37 years of teaching at Unity College. Clark traveled to Augusta to receive a legislative…
ROCKPORT — Camden Garden Club honored as this year’s scholarship recipients at their annual luncheon held on June 13 at the Samoset Resort. Those recipients are Lucas Fischer and Emma McGurren.…
BELFAST — Belfast Area High School held their final assembly of the year on Thursday, June 13.
The following members of the Junior Class (Class of 2020) were bestowed with these awards:…
WALDOBORO — At a celebratory graduation and special awards ceremony held at Medomak Valley High School Wednesday night, 25 graduates received up to $16,000 scholarships apiece from the Worthington…
THORNDIKE — Eleven graduating seniors were the first recipients at Mt. View Regional High School of Worthington scholarships recently. The Foundation, which previously made awards at Oceanside,…
‘Our field resources are just too limited for all of the sports that we offer’
ROCKPORT — Upgrades to the weight room at Camden Hills Regional High School has been lined up for the near future. The school may also convert Don Palmer Field to athletic turf.
The ideas…
Sixteen Maine high school juniors completed a week of experiential learning at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on May…
BELFAST — According to Belfast Adult Ed, you might be surprised to know that adult education graduates have goals that mirror those of traditional high school students: Ashlee is committed to…
Penobscot Marine Museum’s new photography collection finally digitized
SEARSPORT — It’s taken the staff of Penobscot Marine Museum nearly five years to painstakingly comb through thousands of photographs from the magazine National Fisherman, but now that…
300 fall 2019 UMaine courses live, online, ITV, and videoconferencing
BELFAST — Registration is open through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center for more than 300 undergraduate and graduate courses offered in fall 2019, both live and via distance education (…
What are you doing this summer?
ROCKPORT — Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education announces the first summer session of Adult Ed.
Outdoor painting, nature trips, cooking, foreign language classes and more are among…
AUGUSTA — On Wednesday, June 12, Sen. Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, honored Bill Carpenter, of Stockton Springs, for his 48 years of teaching literature and creative writing at College of the Atlantic…
The proposed budget for Regional School Unit 25 was approved by voters in Prospect at the polls on June 11.
The district serves the communities of Bucksport, Orland, Prospect and Verona…
three state championships and never missed the playoffs
ROCKLAND — With the high school softball season concluded for all local teams, a second longtime area softball coach has announced his departure from the game.
Following the recent…
LINCOLNVILLE — The number of citizens stepping forward to run for open seats on municipal and school boards in Lincolnville was meager this election season.
Lincolnville voters had no…
The Regional School Unit 22 proposed school budget for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year will see an increase of 4.06 percent, if voters approve it.
The school district serves the towns…
UNITY — Unlike other local school districts who could see slim or significant increases to the upcoming school year budget, Regional School Unit 3 is eyeing a 0.04 percent decrease in its school…
For the three towns Appleton making up Union 69 — Appleton, Hope and Lincolnville — all school budget results have rolled in.
Each town passed its respective school budget at the polls on…
No declared candidate for Waldo
Voters in 11 Waldo County communities voted on at-large school board members at the polls June 11.
Appearing on the ballots were Frank Champa (Brooks), Lisa Cooley (Jackson), Terri Church…
Only one declared candidate for eight seats
APPLETON — Voters in Appleton had a relatively easy time casting their June 11 ballots with only one declared candidate appearing on the ballot despite eight open municipal seats.
Peter C…
STOCKTON SPRINGS and SEARSPORT — The future ownership of the former Stockton Springs Elementary School building was put in the hands of voters in both Stockton Springs and Searsport on June 11. …
SEARSPORT — The budget for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year for Regional School Unit 20 will include a very small increase.
In fact, the increase will be 0.03 percent from $10,089,037…
BELFAST — The Regional School Unit 71 budget for the 2019-2020 academic year will likely see an increase of 2.35 percent.
The proposed budget for the upcoming school year is $28,019,030.…
SOMERVILLE — Regional School Unit 12 has proposed school budget for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year will see a slight increase, if approved by voters in June.
The district proposed an…
ROCKLAND — Regional School Unit 13 is looking at a sizable increase to its budget for the upcoming school year.
The proposed budget for the 2019-2020 school year for RSU 13 includes an…
WALDOBORO — The proposed budget for Regional School Unit 40 in the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year was passed at the polls June 11 meaning there will be a nearly six percent increase.
…
Also voted on school board, utility district, budget committee seats; ordinances
WALDOBORO — Despite eight seats appearing on the June municipal ballot in Waldoboro, only one of the races was contested and one seat had no declared candidates.
Waldoboro residents spent…
The expenses for Five Town CSD in the 2019-2020 academic year will be up 2.89 percent or $363,133 from the previous year for a total budget of $12.9 million as voters in the district approved the…
Also voted on budget, school committee positions
HOPE — Residents of Hope elected two selectmen in addition to members of the budget committee, the Hope School committee and the Five Town CSD school board at the polls June 11.
…
Also voted on school board seat
UNION — At the polls on June 11, residents of Union have elected two selectmen and a school board member.
Select Board (One seat with two-year term)
Adam…
VINALHAVEN — Voters in Vinalhaven took the voting booths on June 11 to overwhelmingly pass the school budget.
The proposed school budget for Maine School Administrative District 8, which…
also voted for water district, two school board seats
VINALHAVEN — Four seats appeared on the municipal ballot June 11 in Vinalhaven this June and none of the races had more than one declared candidate.
Despite the Board of Selectmen race not…
no declared candidates for two school board seats
WARREN — All eyes in Warren were on the contested opening on for the town’s Board of Selectmen as three candidates sought the lone opening.
Meanwhile, there were no declared candidates for…
