VINALHAVEN — The Vinalhaven School has a new principal in place for the upcoming school year with a remarkable bevy of accomplishments, highlighted by a Grammy Award in 2012.
Dr. Monte…
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Lincolnville Business Group has decided to cancel the Pickles Preserves and Pies event scheduled for October 3, 2020 due to limited vendor interest, according to the Business Group, in a news…
In response to many active discussions about how students and teachers can best return to schools safely this fall, Coastal Mountains Land Trust is interested in talking directly with schools to…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is investigating an outbreak of COVID-19 among individuals affiliated with the Calvary Baptist Church in Sanford.
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Both boards to meet Sept. 2
ROCKPORT — Five Town CSD and School Administrative District 28 Superintendent Maria Libby is asking two school boards for permission to delay the start of school until Sept. 14.
“After a…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an updated color coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color for schools as they…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Bureau of Insurance announced Wednesday its review and approval of the rates submitted by the state's three individual market health insurance carriers for the 2021 plan year…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ninety-three skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes in Maine have been awarded a total of $10,421,700 to support increased testing, staffing, and personal protective…
SEARSPORT — Take and make kits, DIY together over Zoom, meet other homeschoolers online through Carver Memorial Library, in Searsport.
DIY Kit series
New teen/adult…
The following letter was distributed by RSU 13 to families Tuesday, Aug. 25.
Dear Families of Our RSU 13…
preparing for careers in unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as drones
The University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) was one of 26 schools across the country selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a participant in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Collegiate…
ORONO — The University of Maine system is reporting that as of Aug. 26, there are seven identified cases of COVID-19, five at UMaine in Orono, including four at a fraternity house and one at an…
CAMDEN/ROCKPORT — Listed below are the 2020-2021 school bus routes for students from Camden and Rockport attending Camden-Rockport Elementary, Camden-Rockport Middle and Camden Hills Regional High…
Distinguished Toastmaster Tom Dowd will lead a two-part professional development program, Public Speaking & Online Presentations, on Wednesday, Sept. 9 and 16, from 6 – 9 p.m., through the…
Camden, Rockport tax bills to reflect this year’s equalization of payments
CAMDEN/ROCKPORT — Property tax bills are being sent out this week in Camden, reflecting a mil rate of $15.03 per $1,000 of valuation. Included in the tax bills is the recalculated Camden-Rockport…
BELFAST — Regional School Unit 71 has released the bus route schedule for 2020-2021.
The district asks students to be at the bus stop at least five minutes ahead of the scheduled pickup…
ROCKLAND — Just shy of two years since AIO Food and Energy Assistance purchased its 1A Gordon Drive property, the nonprofit announced that its $1.2 million capital campaign and the building are…
ORONO — The University of Maine System is extending planned asymptomatic COVID-19 testing through the Thanksgiving holiday end of in-person instruction, with plans to sample…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) urges Maine people to take steps to limit exposure to rabies during the time of year…
people experiencing a wide range of chronic, non-cancer related pain conditions
Spectrum Generations, in partnership with Healthy Living for ME, will be offering a free workshop to help individuals with a wide range of chronic pain conditions. Living Well with Chronic Pain…
‘Panther Nation: We are all part of the solution!’
Medomak Valley High School Principal Linda Pease distributed the following letter Friday, Aug. 21:
Dear Students and Families,
We are looking forward to seeing students in…
Two living off-campus; one in a fraternity
This weekend, I am writing to provide further context regarding the three positive COVID-19 cases in the University of Maine community and additional information about the comprehensive…
sea change: The habitat of home
If you seek joy, invite a pair of hummingbirds into your life.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds share our home ground, making surprise appearances throughout the summer. Turn on the garden hose…
membership not required for youth to receive a free lunch
BELFAST — Free bagged-lunches are available 7 days a week at the Game Loft, in Belfast, throughout the summer of 2020.
Lunch can be picked up every day, from 12 - 2 p.m., at the Game Loft…
BELFAST — The RSU 71 school board will be holding its next school board meeting Monday, Aug. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the Troy Howard Middle School Gym with streaming via Zoom.
The highlight of…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Friday her Administration will provide $25 million in federal CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to support Maine schools in developing and offering…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday it will invest nearly $1 million in existing general funds to increase preventive health care for children enrolled in…
a curriculum tool for creative remote learning
The deadline for entries for the Strand Youth Film Fest (SYFF) has been extended to October 31.
The Strand Youth Film Fest is an…
UMaine Extension
September brings the bounty of both summer and fall produce to Maine. Five new food preservation webinars from University of Maine Cooperative Extension focus on preserving local food with safety…
in response to student interests and the needs of the Maine workforce
MACHIAS — The University of Maine at Machias is rolling out a newly restructured marine biology program for the fall 2020 semester, adding new concentrations in aquaculture, marine ecology and…
one testing site already operational in belfast
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and MaineHealth announced Thursday the launch of five new “swab and send” COVID-19 testing sites, further expanding access to reliable…
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“There is much anticipation in the air these days with Elections, School Openings, Vaccines, Domestic and Global issues,” said Belfast Senior…
Full range of sexual and reproductive health services available online and at 18 clinics statewide
Maine Family Planning has submitted the following:
To improve Mainers’ access to sexual and reproductive health care during the…
Fall Explorations, ages 4-9; Budding Naturalists, ages 10-14
BOOTHBAY — This year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is offering two new children’s programs, Fall Explorations, for ages 4-9, and Budding Naturalists, ages 10-14. Whether families are…
combining the student’s final year at UMA with the first year at Maine Law
An agreement between the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) and the University of Maine School of Law (Maine Law) will allow students to combine their final year at UMA with their first year at…
AUGUSTA — Educate Maine, Maine Department of Education, Maine State Board of Education and the Maine State Teacher of the Year Association are pleased to announce that Cindy Soule (Cumberland…
BELFAST — Votes on the Regional School Unit 71 school budget have finally been cast after a month delay.
RSU 71 includes the communities of Belfast, Belmont, Morrill, Searsmont and Swanville…
THORNDIKE — The application window is open, with the deadline approaching, to become a student board member on the RSU 3 school board for a two-year term.
To be eligible for consideration…
SEARSPORT — The Regional School Unit 20 board of directors will be hold a special board meeting Thursday, Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the SDMHS cafetorium.
The highlight of the meeting will…
Community members of all ages are invited to volunteer on scheduled Community Painting Shifts
ROCKLAND — RSU13’s Arts in Action (AiA) program is collaborating with The Apprenticeshop, Rockland's school for traditional wooden boatbuilding and seamanship, and One Community Many…
WALDOBORO — Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in March, kindergarteners in Kara Paul’s class at Miller School in Waldoboro would sit together, usually in groups of three to five, at tables.…
Lavinia and Lucy Snow; Olive Rose, the nation’s first female elected official
One hundred years ago, on Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment providing women the right to vote was ensured when the State of Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment. The action by…
Now through September 30, 2020
CAMDEN — Merryspring’s first Flower Bulb Sale for fall planting has begun. Choose from a variety of daffodils, allium, muscari, camassia, paperwhites, crocus, cilla, and iris, all shown on the…
former teacher at American Embassy School, India
ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School has hired a new K-5 school counselor.
Karin Lockwood and her family have recently relocated to Midcoast Maine from New Delhi, India, where she worked…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a total of $2,228,481 to public housing agencies across Maine to support affordable housing and bolster COVID-19…
MIDCOAST — Teachers in the Midcoast counties of Knox, Waldo and Lincoln are likely to return to campus this fall, if their school district allows for in-person learning, despite area teachers…
LINCOLNVILLE — The Lincolnville Central School’s school committee will be holding an emergency meeting Tuesday, Aug. 18 in the school’s library and via Zoom at 6 p.m.
The meeting is being…
AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration released Friday an updated color coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color for schools as they…
previous work with Microsoft, NASA research scientists
ISLESBORO — Peggy Shea has joined Islesboro Central School as its new Technology Integrator and Teacher.
Shea holds a Masters in English from the University of New Hampshire. Prior to…
celebrating Bicentennial with Victoria Blue, Silver Dust and Easy Wave Blue
CAMDEN — Camden Garden club has covered the cost of planting and maintaining the traffic islands on High Street since 1984. Every year since then a colorful array of annuals has greeted residents…
