RSU-16 faces state aid loss due to rise in home schooling

Officials say the district may lose nearly $1 million over two years because 74 students dropped from the rolls during the pandemic.

RSU 9 Board of Directors agenda

Messalonskee High School receives its free, fully equipped esports lab as part of national contest

The High School Esports League and Army National Guard announced 25 winners from across the country including Messalonskee.

Bills would mandate Holocaust and Black history education in Maine

The legislation before the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee would require all Maine public schools to include curriculum on genocide and Black history in their courses of study.

Job market shows signs of improvement for Class of 2021

The hiring outlook is better than last year, but the job search process has changed and new graduates are preparing to step into workplaces that still look different due to the pandemic.

University of Maine at Farmington celebrates 2021 graduating class with virtual ceremony

The class of 2021 celebrated graduation by watching their pre-recorded commencement ceremony on YouTube after receiving their diplomas the week before.

As U.S. reopens, campuses tighten restrictions for virus

Students are among the last adults to get access to vaccines.

Residents of western Maine towns approve Mexico technical school budget for 2021-22

Residents of the 16 towns that send their students to Region 9 School of Applied Technology in Mexico approved a $2.3 million budget for 2021-22 and an adult education budget of $401,167 on Wednesday evening.

MSAD 52 school budget passes first step, heads to referendum vote

Turner, Greene and Leeds voters will weigh in one last time on May 20 at the polls.

Several hundred students gather at Bates to call for defunding campus security

The students pleaded with Bates College to transform its Campus Safety Department.