‘You’re not going to get this by sitting in a classroom’: The student-led engineering group earned the top prize and multiple honors in global competition.
Schools & Education
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Lewiston school board to vote on $130M budget Wednesday
The committee eliminated 28 positions to get to an 8% increase.
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Rumford group shows care for animals with cat blankets and love
Clients of Hope Association are sewing blankets for kitties at Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills in South Paris and looking for others to help their mission.
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Candidates for Jay-based school board outline priorities
Regional School Unit 73 board of directors candidates gave details on their backgrounds, priorities and concerns ahead of the April 28 election.
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Farmington fills empty seat on Mt. Blue school board
The Farmington Select Board appointed Christina Bobrow on April 14 to fill a one-year RSU 9 board vacancy following Lance Harvell’s resignation.
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RSU 9 targets absenteeism, behavior with classroom changes
Rising absenteeism and dysregulation are driving expanded classroom supports at Cape Cod Hill.
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From cellphone bans to the funding formula, major education changes became law
The Legislature passed consequential reforms, including some long-fought changes to school construction funding and making free community college permanent.
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UMF names 2026 commencement speaker
Dr. Dora Anne Mills, who served as Maine’s state health officer and director of the Maine Center for Disease Control for 15 years, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
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Brewer schools, widow of conservative activist reach $350,000 settlement
Patricia McBreairty, the widow of Shawn McBreairty, will receive the payout from the Bangor-area district following a lawsuit filed in 2024.
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UMF hosting fiction writer Shana Youngdahl tonight
Writer Shana Youngdahl, the final author in the spring Visiting Writers series, will give a public reading tonight at 7:30 p.m.