Vanessa Paolella is a staff writer at the Sun Journal primarily covering local education. Before joining the Sun Journal in 2021, she interned for the paper twice and led the Bates College student newspaper, The Bates Student. Vanessa graduated from Bates College with a bachelor of science in geology in 2021 and wrote her senior thesis on water quality changes in the Androscoggin River from 1930 to 2019.
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
Edward Little High School open for final walkthrough Saturday
In 1961, a Lewiston Daily Sun article quoted officials calling the new high school a “dream come true,” even though it lacked a gym.
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
Turner-based school district to vote on budget
Residents of Turner, Greene and Leeds will vote Thursday at their town offices.
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PublishedMay 13, 2023
Lisbon valedictorian ‘from away’ already making a positive mark in Maine
Grad Tidings: Lisbon Keenan Overbo-Welker, who said he wants to be recognized for the things he does and not for letters and numbers he receives in school, plans to stay in state for college.
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
Lewiston senior running all the way to Vermont college with a scholarship
Grad Tidings: It was the summer before his senior year when Lewiston senior Adam Bilodeau realized that running could take him places.
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PublishedMay 11, 2023
Busy Leavitt senior excels in academics and athletics
Grad Tidings: Between rigorous coursework at school, two seasons of track & field and a part-time job, it is hard to imagine Leavitt Area High School senior Emma Couturier has time for much else.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Turner Comprehensive Plan Committee reverses course on shoreline development recommendations
Committee members remove a section of the plan that would have directed the town to loosen zoning rules along the waterways.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
In class or on the trails, success was always in the cards for Edward Little valedictorian
Grad Tidings: One way or another, Edward Little High School senior Ben Condit was determined to find a place on the Williams College Nordic ski team.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Lewiston residents pass $101 million school budget
In total, 590 votes were cast, more than the 369 votes in 2022.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Dirigo senior lives by motto ‘seek discomfort’
Grad Tidings: When Dirigo High School’s salutatorian Abigail Therriault wants to learn something, she’s going to learn it.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Grad Tidings: Meet some great graduating high school seniors
In the series featuring high school seniors as graduation season nears, the Sun Journal will profile a randomly chosen top 10 student from 16 high schools in central and western Maine.
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