Lewiston voters pass school budget Tuesday

Schools & Education

Published
May 13, 2025

Lewiston voters pass school budget Tuesday

Passing the school budget on the first vote this year, voters seem less averse to this year’s school budget after rejecting last year’s twice.
Published
May 13, 2025

UMaine history professor puts knowledge to the test on ‘Jeopardy!’

Kara Peruccio, a professor of history and gender studies at the University of Maine, won $12,400 on the show Friday.
Published
May 13, 2025

Maine’s newest charter school concerned as Legislature looks to lower statewide cap

A legislative committee endorsed a bill to lower the number of charter schools statewide to 9. The statewide commission that oversees the schools approved a 10th on Tuesday.
Published
May 13, 2025

Mary Martin ending 40 years of service to Poland-area schools

'She set such a high standard and she's just been an absolute gift to work with,' one of her colleagues said of Martin.
Published
May 12, 2025

Orange baby lobsters, the rarest of their kind, find a new home in Maine’s ocean

The odds of finding an orange lobster are 1 in 30 million. The University of New England just released 15 orange babies, no wider than a thumb and no longer than a pinky, into the wild to defy those odds.

Published
May 12, 2025

Under federal pressure, some of Maine’s colleges are renaming DEI offices

Maine colleges are joining a national trend or scrubbing words like 'diversity' and 'inclusion' from department websites in favor of more neutral terms like 'community' and 'belonging.'
Published
May 11, 2025

Maine’s college graduates of 2025 walk across the stage to their next chapter

As we enter graduation season, here are photos of some of the newest alumni of Maine's colleges and universities. In tasseled caps and long robes, graduates from institutions including Maine College of Art & Design, Husson University and University of Maine schools walked across the stage over the weekend, entering the next chapter of their lives.
Published
May 10, 2025

Dr. Nirav Shah urges UMF graduates to consider ‘what we owe each other’ at commencement

Despite being forced inside by inclement weather, the University of Maine at Farmington recognized its class of 2025 with 3 ceremonies.
Published
May 9, 2025

Strong votes to send a notice of withdrawal from school district

Phillips, which is also in School Administrative District 58, is scheduled to take a similar vote May 20. Residents of Avon and Kingfield, are collecting signatures to hold a vote.
Published
May 8, 2025

Mt. Ararat principal plans more training, supervision after hazing investigation

But before his presentation Thursday, some players' parents expressed frustrations that the investigation into the allegations was not neutral or complete.

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