Belfast — Registration is open through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center for more than 300 undergraduate and graduate courses offered in spring 2019, both…
Education
300 courses via live, online, ITV, and videoconferencing; Need-based scholarships available
ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School is now accepting magnet applications for grades 9-12 for the 2019-20 school year.
ICS offers robust, individualized academic and co-curricular…
Vix and the Vapor Rubs!
ROCKPORT — The Visual and Performing Arts Department at Camden Hills Regional High School has selected senior Noah Vix as the…
A storm is rolling in next Tuesday; are you ready?
So, far we’ve been lucky. No major storms have interrupted work and school in the fall and winter of 2018. But, coming this Tuesday, Jan. 8, we’re facing some potential significant snowfall, which…
BELFAST — Preparation for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) will be the focus of eight weekly classes at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center beginning Sunday…
‘Food For Friends/It’s Cool To Be Warm’ committee for ‘Tis the Season’ celebration
BELFAST — Students at Waldo County Technical Center left for holiday break armed with warm clothes and a little extra food, thanks to the Tech Center’s second annual “‘Tis The Season” celebration…
semester starts January 22
ROCKLAND — The University of Maine at Augusta Rockland Center is still accepting students wishing to start or return to college this spring semester. The term begins…
classes in anatomy, general biology, conservation biology
ROCKLAND — This spring semester which begins January 22, the UMA Rockland Center (URock) will offer three important sciences for those going into allied health careers, science and technology…
BELFAST — The University of Maine Hutchinson Center will offer two dynamic courses this spring semester led by Dominick Varney.
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BELFAST — The University of Maine Hutchinson Center will offer an English course in business and technical writing beginning January 24, led by Caer Hallundbaek, an…
In memory of Kolby Adams
HOPE— Emulating an Asian cultural practice of lighting up paper lanterns around the winter solstice, Sweet Tree Arts…
“The perfect step towards understanding how college works.”
ROCKLAND — RSU 13 Adult Education announces the recent graduation of three students from the College Next program. These students successfully completed their preparation for college and are…
Russian history, karate, reading music
THOMASTON — We have been hard at work prepping for our winter concert, which was FANTASTIC!
Kindergarten did lots of work with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Snow is Falling Today…
THOMASTON — Thomaston Grammar School held its annual Cookies with Santa event this past Saturday, Dec. 15.
One hundred and ten student shoppers did their Christmas shopping in the store…
finances, automotive
BELFAST — Students at Waldo County Technical Center got a taste of the real world on December 19 when the school’s Maine Educational Loan Marketing Corporation (MELMAC) committee hosted its first…
Midcoast Athletics
ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills wrestling team is in the process of raising $3,500 as the team has nearly 30 wrestlers this season and needs to raise additional funds due to the larger-than-…
Midcoast Athletics
WALDOBORO — For the second consecutive season, the Medomak Valley basketball program will hold its annual Paws for the Cause event to raise funds for the Maine Breast Cancer Coalition.
The…
No fine issued by Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
ROCKPORT — On Dec. 19, School Administrative District 28 School Board and Superintendent Maria Libby listened to a presentation on the current state of the new middle school construction by Mary…
ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School hosted its annual Holiday Concert on December 14.
A full house enjoyed skits and musical performances by K-12 students.
Music Teacher John Oldham…
Advances to the second competitive round for $100K
BELFAST— Kids Unplugged, a local multi-use indoor play space for all ages, just made the cut in the first competitive pitching round of Greenlight Maine, a TV show that functions as a Maine…
‘I know [school] may not be as fun as playing the sport that you love, but you won’t be able to play forever’
Life as a high school student can be incredibly stressful and difficult between academics, social life, clubs, jobs, community service and, of course, sports.
With only so many hours in a…
February 22, 23 and 24, 2019
CAMDEN — Once again this year, the Camden Conference will focus on a timely and compelling topic. The 32nd annual Camden Conference, “Is This China’s Century?,” February 22, 23 and 24, 2019, will…
MAINE — Rockland resident Scott Tilton serves as an environment volunteer in Malawi, according to a Peace Corps news release.
…
WATERVILLE — Students from Computer Careers and Building Construction programs at Waldo County Technical Center (WCTC) recently had the opportunity to participate in the Thomas Cup - an overnight…
Lions get new head coach in nearly four decades
BELFAST — After nearly four decades with George Ross at the helm of Belfast Lions baseball program, a new coach will be leading the team in 2019. Ross retired at the end of the last season and…
Penobscot Marine Museum’s walk-through Open House Dec. 7 & 8
SEARSPORT— Inside the yellow 19th century sea captain’s house on 1 Church Street, rooms have been decorated for a Victorian-era Christmas, with entry ways bedecked with evergreens, small trees…
sensitivity to others’ feelings and problems
THOMASTON — On Wednesday, Nov. 28, several students at Thomaston Grammar School were recognized for the attribute of compassion.
Students were presented with a certificate at a school-wide…
ROCKLAND — Arts in Action workshops are off to a great start at RSU 13 schools with many returning youth artists and a lot of enthusiasm for this year’s projects and partnerships, according to a…
‘Welcome Home Kits’ for Knox County Homeless Coalition
ROCKLAND — For the second year in a row, students at the Rockland-based Hebrew school have organized a volunteer outreach project to support clients of Knox County…
ROCKLAND — Whether you have zero college credits, or you are returning after stopping out, UMA Rockland welcomes you to be in touch to explore financial resources…
BELFAST — Belfast Area High School first quarter honor roll for the 2018/2019 academic school year is as follows:
Grade 9
High Honors:
Gracie Coombs,…
Corrective action over weekend has slowed and cleared runoff
CAMDEN — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued a notice to School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport K-8), Ledgewood Construction, of South Portland, and Jake…
Food Cupboard Santas
BELFAST — 'Tis the season to be giving . . .
The fifth grade class at East Belfast Elementary School are getting ready…
ROCKLAND — Quiet leaders, attentive workers, and team players are among the recipients nominated as November Students of the Month at Mid-Coast School of Technology.
Taryn Burleigh –…
‘I feel I’ve been given a gift’
OWLS HEAD — Three months into the academic year, it is now moot that the 164 students of the new Ash Point Community School started a week late in a building far from finished.
“I was…
coordinator of early college programs
BELFAST — Allison Small was named early college programs coordinator at the University of Maine, collaborating with high school students who wish to enroll in live and online courses.
“The…
CAMDEN/ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School honor roll for the first quarter of the 2018/2019 academic year is as follows
Grade 9
High Honors: Mila…
Ten spring courses offered at Hutchinson Center, Belfast
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…
Clay leaches into Megunticook River, Camden Harbor
CAMDEN — Sediment runoff into the Megunticook River from the construction site of the new middle school on Knowlton Street in Camden has resulted in a list of directives from the Maine Department…
dream car is a Camaro ZL1
OWLS HEAD —Rohobot Carlson, or “Ro” as he is known to his friends and teachers, is a second year student at the …
WALDOBORO — Medomak Valley High School first-quarter Honor Roll for the 2018-2019 academic year is as follows:
Grade 9:
High Honors: Cameron Bains, Morgan Flanders…
How can a school system enable every child to be successful school?
Paul Tough’s book, Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why (2016), was given…
ROCKLAND — The Worthington Scholarship Foundation, with a mission to support post-secondary education in Maine, has hired Jay McIntire, of Winslow, as program…
CAMDEN — The First Congregational Church has recently implemented a new Montessori-based curriculum called Godly Play, according to a Church news release.…
ROCKPORT — Dr. Doug Johnstone has enjoyed being a chiropractor for 36 years. He has taught karate at the YMCA for two decades and many young and old have taken his classes. Wednesday nights are…
THOMASTON — The Thomaston Grammar School Common Ground Garden and Outdoor Classroom continues to make itself known.
…
CAMDEN — At the Nov. 6 polls, Camden and Rockport citizens voted 2,896 to 2,357 to spend $4.9 million on renovating and repurposing the Mary E. Taylor School on Knowlton Street in Camden,…
FAIRFIELD/ELLSWORTH — Farmers, farm families and farm employees interested in improving farm communications will have three opportunities to participate in a workshop, and up to four farm-coaching…
Rodent watch
The days are shorter and the nights, colder. And rodents are locked in an age-old battle with humans: They want in. You want them out.
This past summer, an unusual number of squirrels…
In their own words
A cold, November rain failed to dampen the spirits of students from the Outdoor Leadership program at Waldo County Technical Center when they invited their Tech Center classmates and teachers to…
