The following letter was distributed by the RSU 20 Superintendent:
To RSU 20 Students, Parents, Guardians, Staff and Community Members,
Per Maine Commissioner of…
Life
The following was shared April 10 by the administrative team at RSU 13:
To Our RSU 13 Families:
As of this week, and referenced as a possibility in last week’s letter, we…
FALMOUTH — The number of OceanView residents in Falmouth testing positive for COVID-19 has risen to 11, according to a news release.
“Per the CDC, due to community transmission it is no…
online courses available, ideas for future programs welcome
Five Town CSD Adult Education has submitted the following statement:
Like education programs all over Maine and the U.S. right now, Five Town Adult Education has been working…
BELFAST — The number of COVID-19 cases at the Tall Pines Retirement and Healthcare Community in Belfast has increased to 22, according to the Maine CDC.
During the April 10 daily briefing…
Rural Aspirations, in collaboration with many other cross-sector organizations, has developed a tool for teachers and families to support and highlight community-based learning opportunities in…
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced April 10 Maine hospitals and other health care providers will receive an immediate infusion of $145,763,812 to bolster their…
New Ventures Maine
New Ventures Maine is offering free online workshops on a number of business-related topics.
New Ventures Maine helps Maine people find success in their jobs, businesses and communities…
The following letter was shared April 8 by the St. George MSU Superintendent:
Dear Families,
Yesterday evening, the Maine Commissioner of Education Pender Mankins, with…
working on alternative ways to safely redesign graduation
The following letter was sent to parents in the Five Town CSD and SAD 28 today from Superintendent Maria Libby: …
The Maine Department of Education released the following statement April 9 about the recent recommendation to continue remote learning plans:
On Tuesday evening, March 7, 2020,…
BELFAST — The number of COVID-19 cases at the Tall Pines Retirement and Healthcare Community in Belfast has increased to 13, according to the Maine CDC.
During the April 9 daily briefing…
Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 290 students who will make up the…
University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy is poised to appoint Leigh Ingalls Saufley as the next dean of the University of Maine School of Law. Saufley was selected after an…
BELFAST — A total of six cases of COVID-19 have been recorded at the Tall Pines Retirement and Healthcare Community.
The facility announced on its Facebook page Tuesday, April 7, one…
ROCKPORT — A show of support by first responders to members of the Pen Bay Medical Center team, Wednesday, April 8, turned into a showing of mutual support for all COVID-19 response efforts. …
Islesboro Central School Head of School Chuck Hamm distributed the following letter April 8:
Dear ICS Community,
State of Maine’s Commissioner of Education, Pendor Makin…
In the larger scope of things, not being able to celebrate your birthday while social distancing isn’t as important as what is going on in the front lines. But, for most children and teens,…
BELFAST — Two members of the Tall Pines Retirement and Healthcare Community in Belfast have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills and Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin issued a recommendation April 7 to educators to begin plans to continue distance learning for the…
Virtual Rainbow Ball
The Maine-based band Random Ideas will be putting on a live-streaming concert for LGBTQ+ youth and youth allies this May sponsored by OUT Maine. The concert is part of OUT Maine’s Virtual Rainbow…
Sites could serve less acute patients to free up hospital capacity for COVID-19 cases
Governor Janet Mills today directed the Maine National Guard and the Maine Emergency Management Agency to work with Maine’s health care systems to open two alternative care sites in Portland and…
Industrial Arts
“Does this count as school?”
That question, now a wise-aleck remark uttered with rolled eyes or a wink, is a Murray family one-liner.
…
Islesboro kicks into gear and makes its own PPE
You’ve doubtless heard about the crisis in finding personal protective equipment for medical providers during this Covid-19 virus pandemic. Our own…
ROCKPORT and HOPE — Gone (temporarily) are the days of gymnasiums filled with the sounds of children jumping rope and playing dodgeball.
With the COVID-19 pandemic closing school campuses…
Press release
Scarborough, Maine -- In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Hannaford Supermarkets is donating $750,000 to numerous hunger relief and homeless outreach organizations throughout the Northeast as they…
PORTLAND — An educational nonprofit based in Portland, and with reach across the entire state, is responding to calls for support from teachers around Maine.
Educate Maine announced March…
‘We hope to support the community as long there is this great need’
BELFAST — While schools across the state, and nation, have adapted to remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Cornerspring Montessori School in Belfast has gone one step further by ensuring…
supporting the employees of Pen Bay Medical Center
ROCKPORT — Hours before State Epidemiologist Dr. Nirav Shah would close his Monday COVID-19 briefing by encouraging Mainers to spotlight the healthcare workers risking their wellbeing to care for…
selected from a large field of candidates
ROCKLAND — A Rockland resident was one of five University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) students who participated in an educational opportunity during March break through the…
Applications are currently being accepted at the Maine Community Foundation for the Lydia R. Laurendeau Scholarship Fund.
Established in 2013, the Laurendeau Fund provides renewable…
online and remote-access courses, as well as Early College students
BELFAST — Summer registration is open at the Hutchinson Center for University of Maine undergraduate and graduate summer online and remote-access courses and for Early College students offered at…
mixed hardwood forest interspersed with bold, rocky outcroppings
Rockport — A new nine-acre preserve has been established by Coastal Mountains Land Trust in Rockport, protecting over 600 feet of shorefront on the eastern side of the harbor and a section of…
On April 3, Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District decided to cancel the 2020 Spring Plant Sale in its entirety.
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation…
more than 20 free community webinars
The Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter will begin offering education programs online amid the COVID-19 outbreak as the association continues to pursue its mission. While the Alzheimer’s…
Stockton Springs, daily, 7 p.m.; Belfast, daily, 5 p.m; ClapBecauseWe Care, Fridays, 7 p.m.
The First Church in Belfast, United Church of Christ, has submitted the following:
The Coronavirus pandemic is impacting us in many ways. Not only is it a health risk, endangering…
The Board of Directors of Stewardship Education Alliance (S.E.A.) has awarded four grants to schools in Camden and Rockport. These projects and programs will further SEA’s mission to increase…
The following was shared by Islesboro Central School’s Head of School, Chuck Hamm:
Dear ICS Community,
Governor Janet Mills recently announced a shelter in place order…
The following was shared by the Maine Department of Education from Commissioner Pender Makin:
Dear Champions of Education,
Yesterday, Governor Mills issued a “stay at…
AUGUSTA — With the approval of an additional waiver submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and additional bulk packaging options, the Maine Department of Education has been able to…
BELFAST — A group of three dozen volunteers have formed the Ring of Caring program in Belfast, through a partnership with the City of Belfast, to assist seniors stuck during the COVID-19 pandemic…
ROCKPORT — The Five Town CSD Board of Directors will convene this evening, April 1, in the Chorus Room at Camden Hills Regional High School, via Zoom, to address an agenda that includes education…
Call ahead before donating N95 masks, surgical masks, gowns, surgical eyewear and gloves, other items
LincolnHealth, Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital have submitted the following joint statement:
As we continue to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, we at…
Physical, mental and emotional health
ROCKPORT — William Stephenson, a doctor with Pen Bay Pediatrics,…
be there in spirit and support of those grieving
Hall Funeral Home is implementing a new program called “Hugs from Home.”
In looking for a way for friends and extended family members to be there in spirit and support of those grieving…
‘heartening to see dental practices in Maine step up like they have’
The Maine Dental Association has submitted the following statement:
A number of dental practices throughout Maine have donated personal protective equipment to their local…
Originating as Camden Area YMCA, now one of the country’s oldest continuing small community YMCAs
ROCKPORT — The Penobscot Bay YMCA announces the Y’s #StayWithUS campaign as the Y remains closed pursuant to Governor Mills’ order and CDC community health and safety guidelines.
The Y…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has created a collection of food safety resources selected specifically for use during the current pandemic.
…
What to do When fear approaches
I picked up the phone and heard the fear in Sara’s voice. Her pitch was high and she spoke quickly.
“I’m not going back to work. My boss has…
