Emily Duggan

Kennebec Journal

Emily Duggan is a staff writer for the Kennebec Journal. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of New Hampshire, where she was a news editor and staff writer for The New Hampshire. Before working at the Kennebec Journal, she interned at the Portland Press Herald and freelanced for the Granite State News Collaborative. A Portland native, Emily loves exploring the city, reading, and playing with her two cats.

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Published
November 9, 2021

Amid outbreak, Winthrop Public Schools extend Thanksgiving break

The Winthrop School Committee met Tuesday to discuss options in light of multiple COVID-19 outbreaks since the start of the academic year.
Published
November 8, 2021

Richmond residents fill busing void caused by COVID-19

Regional School Unit 2 officials offer few new details about why bus transportation has been suspended.
Published
November 7, 2021

RSU 2 announces Richmond school buses will not run for the next week

Richmond Police Department offer to lend a hand getting students to school after RSU 2 announced early Sunday evening families will be without school bus transportation from Nov. 8 to 16.
Published
November 5, 2021

School districts in central Maine hustle to bring COVID-19 vaccine to their youngest students

Children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible for the vaccine and some school districts in the region will host clinics as soon as next week.
Published
November 3, 2021

Majority of Richmond voters in favor of starting withdrawal process again

The town completed the process and voted to leave, but did not have enough votes to validate it.
Published
November 2, 2021

Holmes, Lamoreau reelected to the Augusta Board of Education

Pia Holmes and Kevin Lamoreau were in a three-way race with Sergei Chaparin and ultimately were reelected.
Published
November 2, 2021

Potter, Marshall elected to spots on Gardiner-area school board

Incumbents Matthew Marshall and Cullen McGough ran against Diane Potter, who ultimately took McGough’s seat.
Published
October 28, 2021

Augusta teachers exhausted by pandemic-era instruction as student problems spike

Cony Middle and High School teachers say the first two months of the 2021-22 school have brought “extreme exhaustion and stress.”
Published
October 24, 2021

Three candidates vie for 2 spots in Gardiner-area school board race

Matthew Marshall and Cullen McGough are the incumbents. They are being challenged by Diane Potter, who was on the board for two terms.
Published
October 22, 2021

Readfield-area schools officials debate remote learning options as COVID cases spike in district

The board did not come up with a solution, but will take the answers they gained with them to the Nov. 3 meeting to evaluate the situation in a couple of weeks.