STATE — The University of Maine System has announced its COVID-19 vaccine requirements for students for the fall 2022 semester.  To study or participate in any in-person activities at Maine’s public universities, students must be fully vaccinated – receive all primary doses in a two-dose vaccine or complete a single-dose one – or obtain a […]

BETHEL — Ryan Kimball has been the food service director for all of SAD44 for two years. During these two years, it has been a very different and difficult time for lunch. For example, what made the past two years different is having students eat lunch in their RAP groups. RAP is a small class […]

STATE — Schools across the state held their last classes of the 2021–22 school year this week, marking the official start of summer for Maine students, parents, and teachers. However, about 125 educators won’t be leaving the classroom just yet, as they take part in the first annual University of Maine Educators Institute being held […]

St. Lawrence CANTON, NY — Stephanie Nicols of Rumford was one of the more than 500 members of St. Lawrence University’s Class of 2022 who earned their degree following the University’s Commencement ceremonies, held Sunday, May 22, at Newell Field House in Canton, New York. Nicols graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree […]

Plymouth PLYMOUTH, NH — 823 students have been named to the Plymouth State University President’s List for the Spring 2022 semester. To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 or better for the Spring 2022 semester and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during […]

AREA — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free individualized sessions, Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 & over who are looking for a new career or returning to higher education. The sessions are being held at the following dates and times: Virtual: Monday, July 11 at 9 & 10 a.m. Friday, […]

AUBURN — The Center for Workforce and Professional Development at Central Maine Community College (CMCC) is partnering with Lewiston Adult Education Office to offer free Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training from July 14 to September 16. Information and links to register for the program are available at https:www.bit.ly/CWPDRegistration. Prospective students also need to register and […]

BURLINGTON, VT — Ella Novick of Greenwood graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont. UVM President Suresh Garimella conferred degrees on an estimated 3,332 graduates, including 2,558 bachelors, 515 masters, 131 doctoral, and 118 medical degree recipients. Degree recipients hail from 44 states; among the graduates were 122 […]

There were Catholics and Jews in colonial New England. Their numbers were so small that their faith or ethnicity aroused few fears (other than the fear of French Catholics and their Indian allies on the northern frontier). In Maine the first German Jews readily assimilated; the first Irish were mainly Protestant. Erstwhile Puritan prejudices were […]