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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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
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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Culinary crash course aims to feed need for Maine restaurant workers
HospitalityMaine has teamed up with York County Community College to offer the New Cook Bootcamp.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News, Schools & Education
RSU 73 directors updated on grant funding, students’ worsening behavior on buses
Norma Jackman, the district’s director of transportation, said two parents have been sent bills for student damage to a bus.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Central Maine Community College graduates more than 400
Some graduates were clear on one important fact: they wouldn’t have made it to graduation day without their classmates.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
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.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Real-life ‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine
David Bishop, a part-time chess coach and full-time custodian in Hampden, led his elementary and middle school teams to state championship titles this year.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
RSU 56 hearing for a new bus garage set for May 23 budget meeting
The district has $500,000 in a capital reserve account for the new bus garage, and voters will be asked at the June 14 referendum if they want to spend an additional $600,000-plus for the project, Superintendent Pam Doyen said at board of directors’ meeting in March.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
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.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Chancellor of Penn State Beaver named new president of UMA
The hiring of Jenifer Cushman caps off the second search for a president of the Augusta-based university following a botched search last year.