CAMDEN – In 2018, girls attending the Camden-Rockport Middle School formed a group to unite their voices and empower each other, and others.
Jessie Odgren is a sixth-grade language arts…
Education
ROCKLAND — Laura Boutin (Class of ’19 Oceanside High School) typically paints on a smaller scale, but decided that stretching her own large canvas and working on a larger scale would present a…
50 courses; Orono, Belfast, and online
ORONO — Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System, tuition is waived for all qualified high school students in Maine to cover full tuition…
ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School hosted its annual Special Olympics track meet on Monday, May 13.
The event was filled with fun for all participants.
This is a photo…
Covers Searsport Elementary, Searsport District Middle, Searsport District High
SEARSPORT — The proposed budget for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year for Regional School Unit 20 includes a very small increase.
In fact, the increase is proposed to be 0.03 percent…
serves Friendship, Union, Waldoboro, Warren, Washington
WALDOBORO — The proposed budget for Regional School Unit 40 in the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year will see an increase, if voters approve it.
The district serves the towns of Friendship…
Serves Cushing, Owls Head, Rockland, South Thomaston, Thomaston
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…
Midcoast Athletics
ROCKPORT — Though the high school wrestling season is over, the accolades continue to pour in for one local wrestler.
Camden Hills senior wrestler Noah Lang was Maine’s 2019 Dave Schultz…
Teachers from 15 of Maine’s counties, Ashley Reynolds, who teaches at Captain Albert Stevens School, Belfast, and Tom Gray, who teaches at Camden Hills Regional High School, were honored May 9 in…
54 local graduates
ROCKLAND — On Saturday, May 4, faculty and staff at the University of Maine at Augusta Rockland Center hosted a celebration event for 54 local UMA graduates. More…
ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills Regional High School released its third quarter 2019 honor roll:
Grade 12…
High School Aspirations courses in Summer and Fall
ROCKLAND — Local high school students may enroll tuition free in an array of courses for both summer and fall at UMA Rockland. Known as High School Aspirations,…
BELFAST — Belfast Free Library will host the Midcoast Augmented Reality Youth Design Hub beginning in May.
Young designers ages 13 and up are invited to join Maine Mathematics and Science…
UNITY — After recently filling its open superintendent position with a familiar face, the Regional School Unit 3 assistant superintendent position is being filled by a new face to the district. …
CAMDEN — Two local students have been selected to attend Haystack’s Student Craft Institute, a three-day studio session in May for approximately 70 Maine high school students from schools…
How one nine year old contributes to an initiative to ban plastic cutlery from school
CAMDEN—With the human population pretty much on target to destroy the natural world and…
Second annual KBB hauls in 5-plus tons of trash, over a ton more than last year
BELFAST — The second annual Keeping Belfast Beautiful event was a resounding success following community-wide efforts to clean the streets of Belfast May 2, 3, and 4…
CAMDEN — As the old rhyme states, “April showers bring May flowers.” This notion is alive and well at Children’s House Montessori School, according to the School, in…
George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship
ORONO — The University of Maine System awards one full George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship or two one-semester scholarships per year which allow students to study at University College Cork in…
Graduation honors announced
ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School has announced graduation honors and post-secondary plans for the Class of 2019.
Valedictorian and Presidential Scholar Finalist Emily Lau will be…
Five Town CSD Adult Ed
ROCKPORT — If you are a writer, an artist, or a creative individual in any media, then grants, crowdfunding awards, and fully-funded residencies are available.
Do you dream of a few weeks…
sole freshman participating from Maine
CAMDEN — Thor Gabrielsen, a freshman at Watershed School competing on the Camden Hills Math Team, had an impressive first year of competition with the Maine Association of Mathematics League (MAML…
VINALHAVEN — When the new school year begins in the fall, there will be three new faces within leadership positions within the Vinalhaven School, although two of the faces will be familiar ones…
BELFAST — Belfast Area High School has announced the third quarter Honor Roll for 2018-2019 academic year.
Grade 9
High Honors:
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WALDO — Waldo County Technical Center announces the Students of the Quarter for the third quarter of the 2018-2019 school year.
Students of the Month for the morning session are:
…
WALDOBORO — 2018-2019 Quarter 3 Honor Roll
Grade 9:
High Honors: Cameron Bains, Alyssa Creamer, Morgan Flanders, Isaak…
‘Working with another island school that is part of the inter island collaborative seemed worthy of exploration’
VINALHAVEN — The Vinalhaven School has found its new superintendent and principal, in addition to creating two new administrative positions in an effort to better serve the school and community…
ORONO — Thursday, April 25, students of RSU 71's alternative high school Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education (BCOPE) visited UMaine and had the opportunity to visit the Advanced…
THORNDIKE — On Monday April 22, 2019 the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office was made aware by the administration of the Mt. View School that a possible threat of violence had been made against the…
CASTINE — The 2019 Commencement will be held at Maine Maritime Academy on Saturday, May 4, at 11 a.m. at the Alexander Field House. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer will be the college’s…
displayed the greatest amount of improvement in their school endeavors
THOMASTON — The Portland Sea Dogs and NEXTGEN 529 have teamed up to honor those area students who have displayed the greatest amount of improvement in their school endeavors.
In 1997, the…
Problems do not get in their way. They choose to be happy.
THOMASTON — Several Thomaston Grammar School students were recognized for their “Positive Attitude” at a school-wide assembly on April 23. The students receiving the…
Investigating what it means to be digitally literate in the 21st Century
ROCKLAND — UMA Rockland will offer a one-week education course for professional and pre-service teachers from August 5 through 9, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.…
‘I felt [...] I could contribute to the communities of RSU 3 and help meet the needs of our learners’
UNITY — After a thorough search for a new superintendent, the 11 members of the Regional School Unit 3 school board voted to approve a familiar face within the district to serve as the next…
Later start to school day received in overall good favor
CAMDEN — The Camden-Rockport School Board (K-8) meets April 24 at the middle school on Knowlton Street in Camden, and among the business topics, the board will hear a report that the new policy of…
Hutchinson Center
BELFAST — A three-day certificate program in Project Management will be offered June 21, 27 and 28, at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center. Participants from a…
Great Old Broads for Wilderness, parks and rec, puffins....
ROCKLAND – The rains failed to stop an Earth Day Fair on the front lawn of the Rockland Public Library April 22. Organizations set up booths to educate the public on conservation efforts in our…
VINALHAVEN — As the search for a new Vinalhaven superintendent winds down, a new search has begun for a position within the school’s administrative team.
At an April 3 budget workshop…
“when we want people to listen, we will have the skills to do it!”
ORONO — In the month of March, the 4-H youth development program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension held 4-H Public Speaking Tournaments in nearly every county in Maine. From those…
Invite Your Legislator to School Month
ROCKPORT — Rep. Bill Pluecker, I-Warren, spent the morning, Friday, April 12, at Camden Hills Regional High School to celebrate “Invite Your Legislator to School Month.”
Representative…
one in 13 Waldo County residents lack basic functional literacy skills
BELFAST — Literacy Volunteers of Waldo County (LV-WC) is offering a four-week training for those interested in literacy, reading and how to foster those interests in others.
The training…
AUGUSTA — Maine Maritime Academy student Sawyer King, of Appleton, received a $1,000 scholarship from the Legislative Memorial Scholarship Fund on April 11.
One recipient from each Maine…
OWLS HEAD — Residents of RSU 13 are invited to apply for a $1,000 college scholarship to be awarded by the Owls Head Garden Club at the close of this academic year.
The scholarship will be…
BELFAST—Creativity is free, but the technology to produce it is not. Thanks to a grant by William W. Treat Foundation secured by the Belfast Free Library, the third floor conference room is the…
Steve Alex to head for new adventures
ROCKPORT — After nearly seven years, Camden Hills Regional High School athletic director Steve Alex has announced his resignation from leading the Windjammer athletic department.
Alex, who…
BELFAST — The Game Loft has announced the enrollment of two AmeriCorps mentors, Brian Phelps and Thalia Sweeney. Both will serve primarily with the I Know ME program operating in coordination with…
Broadreach and Knox County Child Abuse, Neglect Prevention Council
ROCKLAND — The Knox County Child Abuse Prevention Council is offering a free parenting class to help parents and caretakers of children ages 0-5 with many of the challenges of parenting in a…
Sponsored by Camden-Rockport PTA
ROCKPORT – The Camden-Rockport Elementary School, 11 Children’s Way, hosted a summer activities fair in their gymnasium on Wednesday, April 3. 40 organizations presented parents with learning…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Library is getting colorful for the month of April. Join Miss Katie and Ms. Jessie in two rainbow science projects.
Learn about density while you build a “rainbow…
THOMASTON — Thomaston Grammar School participates in a School Store fundraiser. At an assembly last week, students were awarded their prizes for sales.
The first place sales people were…
