Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Staff Writer

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Published
May 29, 2013

RSU 18 to hear parents’ questions on controversial curriculum

RSU 18 administrators will listen to parents’ questions and concerns over the standards-based curriculum being used in its elementary and middle schools at 7 p.m. May 30 at Messalonskee High School.
Published
May 27, 2013

New FirstPark boss wants to build on region’s metal-working strength

Brad Jackson, the new executive director of FirstPark in Oakland, sees central Maine’s metal manufacturing industry as key to the park’s future, even if low funding ties his hands.
Published
May 25, 2013

Waterville nursing home pioneer in treatment of dementia patients

The Lakewood nursing home in Waterville has become a model for other similar facilities around the nation for its elimination of antipsychotic drug treatments for dementia patients.
Published
May 24, 2013

RSU 18 parents petition against mass customized learning

Parents who have been arguing against a new learning system in Regional School Unit 18 for months have taken their opposition to a new level by starting a petition drive to demonstrate support for their cause.
Published
May 22, 2013

Labor leaders claim Winslow manufacturer fired workers for trying to organize

ALCOM, a Winslow trailer manufacturing company, calls claims by labor groups that it has illegally fired employees for trying to form a union “very false.”
Published
May 21, 2013

RSU 18 budget passed by voters Tuesday

Vote totals reported by town clerks show that Regional School District 18’s proposed school budget of $32,281,753 passed handily at polls in the district’s five towns Tuesday.
Published
May 20, 2013

Presumed East Vassalboro mail thefts under investigation

Federal inspectors are investigating allegations of mail theft at the East Vassalboro post office.
Published
May 19, 2013

Sebasticook to the sea: Alewives’ perilous lives crucial to ecosystem, economy

Like the alewives themselves, the money traded for the fish is passed up and down the Sebasticook River and all along Maine’s coast.
Published
May 17, 2013

Motivational speaker encourages young Fairfield teens Friday

Motivational speaker Patrick George, of Demopolis, Ala., spread a positive message to hundreds of middle school students during an assembly at Lawrence Junior High School in Fairfield Friday afternoon.
Published
May 17, 2013

Proposed RSU 18 budget means hard rap to towns’ wallets; public votes Tuesday

If approved at polls Tuesday, the proposed $32.3 million Regional School Unit 18 budget will result in significant increases in the local assessment for member towns, even though the total is about 1 percent greater than last year’s budget.