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.
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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.
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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 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)
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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…
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…
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…
ST. GEORGE — Voters approved the St. George Municipal School Unit 2019-2020 $6,298,897.55 budget.
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STANDISH — Elizabeth Cummons, of Lincolnville, was selected to become one of 28 Maine students to participate in the 2019 Maine NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership Institute.
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ROCKLAND — Rockland City Council members received an earful of emotional, hour-long testimony and demands by neighbors for moratoriums and code changes to prevent a prisoner re-entry house from…
Navy Diver Second Class John E. McLeod of Wiscasset, and Navy Diver Second Class Thomas E. Parhiala Jr. of Salem, New Hampshire, will be presented the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at the Dealey…
School community thanks him for his hard work, commitment, good nature
ROCKPORT — For the past seven years, the Camden Hills Regional High School athletic department has been captained by Steve Alex.
At the end of this month, Alex will be leaving his post as…
Camden Hills Regional High School Class of 2019
CAMDEN — The Camden Hills Regional High School Class of 2019 stepped into graduation week Monday afternoon, June 10, under bright sunshine and enough of a breeze to catch the edge of the new…
CAMDEN — The independent Watershed School is to undergo a major …
Informed Young Leaders
WALDOBORO — Students from Oceanside High School in Rockland and Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro addressed the public Wednesday evening, May 22, with presentations on China’s Global…
BELFAST — There was an air of exuberance as Belfast Has Pride’s annual Pride Parade made its way from Belfast Area High to the waterfront near the Boathouse Saturday…
Letters: Thomaston Public Library
Thomaston Public Library is thrilled to be starting our sixth year of 40 Days of Summer this month!
Conceived by a group of volunteers in 2014, this program was begun to address the lack…
AUGUSTA — Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, and Rep. Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, welcomed Tessa Mott and Augusta Stockman to the State House, Thursday, June 6.
Tessa and Augusta are the top…
BELFAST — Tom King of the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, along with volunteers David Greeley and Bill Smith, helped twelve local schools raise and release their Atlantic Salmon fry in Wescot…
ROCKLAND — Twenty-seven graduating seniors at Oceanside High School were recipients of Worthington Scholarships. The scholarships help academically-sound students with financial needs obtain a…
THOMASTON — Local dad Alan Leo, of Thomaston, received an early Father’s Day gift when he was named the 2019 Maine Haggar Hall of Fame Dad.
Leo, 65, a retired State of Maine Department of…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center welcomes Katelyn Ward and Jaspar Abu-Jaber, third-year medical students enrolled in the Maine Track program of Tufts University School of Medicine. They will…
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ROCKPORT — A familiar face to Camden Hills Regional High School will be taking the reigns of the Windjammers’ athletic…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation has begun controlling brush along selected state roads, according to a news release. This…
‘building bridges with families and opening doors for our kids’
AUGUSTA — In Senate Chambers, Wednesday, June 5, Sen. Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, honored an employee of the Gladys A. Weymouth Elementary School, in Morrill, for her 37 years of service.
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APPLETON — Appleton Library will host a week-long Animation Workshop with Deb Vendetti during the week of July 15 for students aged 8+.
Funded by a generous grant from the Maine State…
many of us are disconnected from our physical body
As we age, we begin to notice that our balance isn’t what it used to be. We may feel unstable when we walk. Our balance feels off-kilter. We start tripping and when we look back, there wasn’t…
new position emphasizes student support, athletics
ISLESBORO — After an extensive search that involved reviewing 18 applicants, Islesboro Central School has hired a Dean of Students for a newly created position focusing primarily on student…
CAMDEN — Chestnut Street Baptist Church invites all children between the ages of 5 and 10 to an African-themed kids’ event called Roar Vacation Bible School.
Roar will be held from July 8…
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…
ROCKPORT— The Camden-Rockport Elementary School ChangeMakers, a group of 12 third and fourth graders led by parent Katie Urey, have been on a mission to move the…
CAMDEN – Under cloudy skies, but no rain, the Special Olympics Torch Run got off to a good start at the Camden’s Town Office. Members of the Camden Police Department participated in the run and as…
CAMDEN — School Administrative District 28 Superintendent Maria Libby has presented an update on the new Camden-Rockport Middle School, currently under construction on Knowlton Street. The $32…
How to protect your health from moth-related pathogens
UPDATE: The brown tail moths are in caterpillar stage now, and plenty of sightings have been taking place this spring. If there is any encouraging news about these caterpillars and moths…
The Maine Lobster Festival named the 11 young women who will be competing for the title of Maine Sea Goddess at the 72nd Maine Lobster Festival. This year’s Maine Sea Goddess…
BANGOR — Each semester the Academic Dean of Eastern Maine Community College prepares a list of those full time students who have earned a semester grade point average of 3.25 or higher at EMCC.…
ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School has announced that the cumulative academic records for the Class of 2011 will be destroyed beginning June 21, 2019.
Federal regulations—under…
ROCKLAND — RSU13 Adult and Community Education announces the recent graduation of seven students from the College Next program. College Next is offered as a semester-long course through a…
STOCKTON SPRINGS and SEARSPORT — The future ownership of the former Stockton Springs Elementary School building is being put in the hands of voters in both Stockton Springs and Searsport this…
recently redesigned SAT now has two scores
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…
magna cum laude with b.s. in sport management
William Hyland, of Searsmont, graduated with a B.S. in…
DAMARISCOTTA — Several local organizations are coming together to provide kids and teens with free, healthy meals throughout the summer through the USDA funded Summer Food Service Program.
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One soldier’s friendship with a Normandy family is nurtured through the generations
With the 75th anniversary of D-Day approaching, the thoughts of my father’s place in that time of history seem more fitting than ever.
Sadly, my beloved Dad passed away this past January…
the highest of moral values
THOMASTON — Several Thomaston Grammar School students were recognized for the attribute of honesty at a school-wide assembly on May 24. The students receiving the Honesty Award have very high…
ROCKLAND — Rockland-Chemistry with Lab will be offered this summer through a partnership with RSU13 Adult and Community Education and UROCK at no charge to adult learners entering various medical…
‘The people of Rockland are very progressive, we’ve received a lot of support for all sorts of folks’
ROCKLAND — A new downtown business has opened its doors in Rockland on Main Street, a first of its kind location along the Midcoast.
Scrimshaw Cannabis, a medical marijuana dispensary…
TENANTS HARBOR — The University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) will co-sponsor the annual French immersion weekend, Le Français au Bord de la Mer, with the Maine Chapter of the American Association of…
Letter to the Editor
THOMASTON — On Thursday, May 23, Thomaston Grammar School held its annual Spring Fine Arts Night. There was magnificent artwork on display for all students in grades K through 5 that was created…
Twenty students from midcoast Maine
MIDCOAST — The Worthington Scholarship Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to financially assisting students in graduating college with little or no debt, recently recognized twenty college graduate…
