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Schools and Education

Published
May 21, 2021

Whitefield students get hands-on aquaponics experience with school garden

Plants and seeds from the Whitefield Elementary School are being sold from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Published
May 21, 2021

Tick worries prompt school officials to spray Hall-Dale Elementary School grounds

Dresden Elementary and Hall-Dale Elementary Schools have had the greatest amount of ticks in Regional School Unit 2, but the Hallowell school is the priority because of summer building use.
Published
May 21, 2021

UMaine System reconsiders plan for tuition increase, with more funding possible

The board of trustees had been scheduled to vote on a tuition increase Monday but is delaying the item in light of the governor's supplemental budget proposal and strong fall enrollment deposits.
Published
May 20, 2021

UNE researchers study whether, for energy sector, kelp is on the way

A project in Saco Bay looks at how best to grow kelp in the open ocean, with an eye toward producing biofuel if it can be grown efficiently at a large enough scale.
Published
May 20, 2021

Waterville-area high schools plan unique commencements with pandemic precautions

Some schools are devising unique ceremonies given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Published
May 20, 2021

Bill would make all Maine children eligible for free breakfast, lunch in schools

Legislation sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson would require Maine to supplement what the state receives in federal funding for free and reduced lunch coverage.
Published
May 20, 2021

Colby College graduation events to cause weekend road closures in Waterville

Hundreds of pedestrians are expected to cross Mayflower Hill in front of Miller Library on the Colby campus Sunday for commencement exercises.
Published
May 19, 2021

St. Michael students get creative to pull off 6th annual walk-a-thon

Wednesday's fundraising event benefitted not only the Augusta-based Catholic school, but the Travis Mills Foundation's goal of paying for a family to spend two weeks at its Belgrade Lakes retreat.
Published
May 19, 2021

Virtual budget hearing brings Hallowell-area school board questions about impact of Richmond withdrawal

Residents of its member towns will determine whether Regional School Unit 2's proposed spending plan for the 2021-2022 school year is approved when they head to the polls June 8.
Published
May 18, 2021

Richmond officials tell voters to focus on academics, not cost of stand-alone school district

In order to withdraw from Regional School Unit 2, the town of Richmond needs 822 votes, more than 50% of voters from the last gubernatorial election.