Recently, Telstar’s Freshman Academy presented projects to a panel of interested people. I was one of them. The students, organized in self-selected groups of three, four, or five, had put in a great deal of effort. They were asked to choose a major problem – climate change, homelessness, pollution, disease – a place – a […]

AREA — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free individualized sessions, Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and 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, March 7 at 9 & 10 a.m. Tuesday, […]

Saint Michael’s COLCHESTER, VT — Named to the Dean’s List at Saint Michael’s College for the Fall 2021 semester was Gaelan Boyle-Wight, a senior chemistry major from Newry and a graduate of Telstar Regional High School. Husson BANGOR, ME (02/10/2022)– The following students have been named to the Fall 2021 Honors List at Husson University. […]

BETHEL — Nomination papers will be available on Monday, February 14. Candidate nomination papers are available on or after the above-listed date for the following MSAD 44 at-large school board director seats, to be voted on at the annual Districtwide election: • Director Seat 1: At-Large, with Bethel Residency Requirement (3-year term) • Director Seat […]

It’s often called discovering, but there was nothing to be discovered: native peoples had known the place for millennia. Europeans were latecomers. Did the Vikings get as far South as Maine? They described a temperate climate, but hailing from Scandinavia and traveling via Greenland, their standard of comparison was problematic. More recently, Italian, French, and […]

AREA — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free individualized sessions, Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and 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, March 7 at 9 & 10 a.m. Tuesday, […]

Northeastern BOSTON — Northeastern University is pleased to recognize those students who distinguish themselves academically during the course of the school year. The following local students were recently named to the University’s dean’s list for the Fall semester, which ended in December 2021. * Bethel resident William Harvey, majoring in Design. * Bethel resident Olivia Cordeiro, […]

BETHEL — Peter Hedden has been a teacher for 11 years at Telstar Middle School. He has been awarded grants from Maine Environmental Education Association to get materials to build and experiment with hands-on learning. Mr. Hedden has a lot of plans this year: building ramp cars, mousetrap cars, rockets, parachutes, and much more. One […]

A choice of profession needn’t be a life sentence. Martha McLean, Esq. has chosen two (so far). She found her first profession as many teachers do: a favorite subject became a career. “I learned Spanish at school. I had a knack for the language. I had a Spanish teacher that I really liked in high […]