RSU 71

Updated: Athletics suspended for Waldo County students through week’s end after fourth positive COVID-19 case

A second test of the presumed positive COVID-19 case at Captain Albert Stevens School has come back negative, RSU 71 Superintendent Mary Alice McLean shared in an Oct. 20 update.

“I am…

RSU 71 returns to regular runs after six school buses were pulled after inspection sticker violations discovered

Six RSU 71 school buses were pulled from circulation after inspection sticker violations were found with each of them, according to a March 7 social media post from…

Total approaches $100,000, city manager says Belfast had no choice

Belfast pays last of RSU 20 withdrawal bills

BELFAST - Any benefits in the city’s decision to leave Regional School Unit 20 remain to be seen. But the cost of the process is now known.

On Tuesday, the Council authorized spending just…

Under pressure to get moving, school board gives Mailloux the nod

Former Belfast area superintendent hired for interim post in new five-town RSU 71

Bruce Mailloux, pictured on Jan 19 at an organizational meeting of the RSU 71 board of directors, was hired on Tuesday to lead the new five-town RSU 71 until its official launch on July 1. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)

BELFAST - Under pressure to get through a laundry list of obligations in a short time, the RSU 71 board of directors hired former RSU 20 leader Bruce Mailloux as interim superintendent until the…

Mailloux likely pick for interim superintendent

RSU 71 board takes stock at unofficial first meeting

Bruce Mailloux, standing, at an organizational meeting of the RSU 71 board of directors, Jan. 20. The former Belfast area superintendent is positioned to be interim superintendent of the new district. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)

BELFAST - The board of directors for the newly-created Regional School Unit 71 met for the first time Tuesday. The unofficial “organizational meeting” included discussion of everything from when…

Election results: Newcomers favored strongly over district veterans

Voters elect school board for new Belfast-based RSU 71

BELFAST - Voters in the city and four surrounding towns picked slate of fresh faces to lead their new school district, RSU 71. In elections held Jan. 13, newcomers prevailed over…

Interest varies in surrounding towns; elections on Jan. 13

In Belfast, candidates line up to serve on new RSU 71 school board

An absentee voting booth in the lobby of City Hall in Belfast, set up in advance of special school board elections, Jan. 13, for the newly-forming RSU 71. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)

BELFAST - In special elections next Tuesday, voters in five towns will choose members for the inaugural Regional School Unit 71 board of directors.

Several contested races in the new…

Superintendent submits resignation, effective June 30

Carpenter won’t stay with RSU 20 after ‘dissolution’

RSU 20 Superintendent Brian Carpenter has submittted his resignation, effective June 30, 2013. On Tuesday, he said he has not ruled out applying for a job in one of the newly created districts. (File photo)

BELFAST - Regional School Unit 20 Superintendent Brian Carpenter submitted his resignation on Monday. His last day will be June…

Next steps laid out for new school district; police get a second SUV

Belfast Council gives green light to harbor reorganization, lake dredging

BELFAST - The City Council on Tuesday approved a plan to make more space for boats and marine commerce in the inner harbor. For now, that means swapping out the loose scattering of single-…

With six towns slated to leave next year, what’s in the cards for Searsport and Stockton Springs?

RSU 20 board begins seven month lame-duck session