The towns of Phillips and Strong plan to start the 22-step process to withdraw from Maine School Administrative District 58. Avon and Kingfield have not submitted petitions to do the same.
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Paris selectmen table proposal to study leaving school district
Discussion has been delayed, but selectmen remain concerned about the cost of the school budget.
Mount Vernon man and Auburn woman killed April 21 in Readfield crash
The crash, which killed two people April 21 on Main Street in Readfield, remains under investigation.
West Paris holding emergency meeting at Agnes Gray on Thursday
West Paris officials have insisted taxpayers have the right to inspect the building ahead of a May 5 public hearing and a May 14 referendum on whether to operate Agnes Gray Elementary School at the town’s expense.
The biggest difference between Miss Maine’s 2 high-profile contestants | Column
With the pageant’s first transgender contestant and Bill Belichick’s girlfriend both competing this month, the event is drawing more attention than usual.
Sen. Collins leads hearing on ‘harmful’ Trump cuts to scientific research
The Senate Appropriations Committee, which the Maine senator chairs, hears from top scientists affected by the cuts, including a researcher from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory.
Down East community supports family of young fisherman who died scalloping
Jaxson Marston, a 26-year-old from Addison, died in an apparent accident off the coast of Massachusetts last week.
Oxford Hills reaps connections sowed at Alan Day Garden
Alan Day Community Garden is focused on mitigating food insecurity brought about by loss of federally funded nutrition programs.
When interviewing the accused, expect the unexpected | Mark LaFlamme
It wasn’t just that the accused drug dealer had gushed forth such unabashed self-promotion that drew the ire of many. It was the fact that I had given him the forum to do so in the first place, Mark LaFlamme writes.
Bethel planners say ‘no’ to Aroma Joe’s on Mayville Road
However the Board will hold a special planning board meeting on April 30 to reconsider the site plan denial.