Heat-related school closures prompt Winthrop family to donate 14 air conditioners

The donation provides each classroom at Winthrop Grade School with an air conditioner.

Police investigate bomb threat at Lewiston High School

Students were evacuated for about a half hour, and law enforcement was contacted.

UMaine System hopes to invest $1.2 billion in 400 projects over the next 5 years

Saying an investment in the schools' infrastructure is overdue, leaders of the system and the individual universities laid out capital plans for the next 5 years at a board of trustees meeting Monday.

UNE students hunt for ways to develop shark deterrent for fishermen

They are studying how low-level electrical impulses might be used to repel sharks from stealing the catch of commercial and recreational fishermen.

Bates College ranked among least economically diverse elite universities in U.S.

A New York Times analysis of 286 elite colleges and universities found that the Lewiston school has one of the lowest percentages of the low-income students who qualify for Pell Grants. Bowdoin and Colby colleges also have below-average economic diversity, according to the research.

Auburn school superintendent retiring

Brown did not list a reason for her departure, although she praised her colleagues for their work over the past three years.

RSU 2 votes to move school board meetings to Hallowell

Regular business meetings will no longer rotate among the four municipalities served by the district. Special meetings will be scheduled in each community to gather input from residents.

Mexico tech school doubles enrollment to 209

Of the 12 CTE course offerings, the highest student enrollment is in the school’s culinary arts program with 33 students enrolled and two students who are on a waiting list for the course.

Auburn schools report enrollment increases

Many school officials also gave updates regarding staffing situations and school goals for the new school year.

SAD 17 appoints Veronica Poland of West Paris to Maine Vocational Region 11 board