State offers Specialty Crop Grant Program applications

Eligible groups must submit proposals for grants of up to $100,000 per project by March 16.

School officials tasked with closing $6 million gap consider staff cuts, closing elementary school

Superintendent Jim Anastasio said the board will have to figure out how to close the multimillion-dollar shortfall that's caused by necessary expenses, such as an increase in natural gas, electricity, transportation and tuition for special education. 

Winthrop school board raises substitute ed tech pay by $30 a day to attract workers

The move to match the $130-a-day rate substitute teachers are paid makes Winthrop Public Schools among the highest-paying district in the Augusta area for substitute education technicians.

Himalayan Mystic speaks about inner peace in Augusta

Department seeks nominations for outdoor lifetime achievement award

Nominations are due by 5 p.m. Friday, June 30.

UMaine Augusta to host library table dedication Feb. 22

School meals served on remote learning days will now be reimbursed by the state

The news could be a boon to central Maine districts that were facing thousands of dollars of unbudgeted expenses or ending the school year in late June.

Photos: It’s tourney time! Crew works to make sure Augusta prepared

The high school basketball tournament begins Friday and the Augusta Civic Center is one of three sites in Maine hosting games. The court at the civic center was assembled Tuesday for one of the most popular tournaments the center hosts each year. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Rich Abrahamson.

Former chief of staff named next Army assistant adjutant general

Endicott College recognizes local dean’s list students