Former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell, a Waterville native, is mentioned in the Epstein files.
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Posted inBusiness, Community, Maine, News, The Rangeley Highlander, Varsity Maine
Sun Journal hires new community, sports writers; promotes education reporter
Longtime Central Maine reporter Emily Duggan joins new hires Quentin Blais and Jimmy James on the Sun Journal group’s writing staff.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
As Maine student enrollment declines, districts face consequences, and seek opportunities
The 2025-26 data shows a drop of more than 2,000 students statewide since last year. The decline has ripple effects for Maine’s school funding formula and construction backlog.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
For some western Maine families, homeschooling is all about having choice
For many Maine families, homeschooling emerges not as a first choice but as a response to an education system that doesn’t always meet individual needs, beliefs or learning styles.
Posted inCommunity, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal, The Rangeley Highlander
Jay woman’s 20 years of homeschooling built around family
Lisa Berry reflects on more than 2 decades of homeschooling in Maine, emphasizing family relationships, flexibility and long-term growth over rigid curriculum.
Posted inLocal News, Maine, News, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
UMA Rumford Center closing doors after spring semester
Officials say the move, prompted by a ‘huge’ shift by students to online learning, will not result in any job losses or layoffs.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News, Schools & Education
‘Portrait of a Graduate’ program focuses on students over academics at Telstar
The new recognition celebrates six qualities: empathy, communication, learner’s mind-set, perseverance, responsibility and self-goal directed, Principal John Eliot said.
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Maine high school teacher fired for comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination
Derek Brewer, a social studies teacher at Mattanawcook Academy in Lincoln, was fired by the RSU 67 school board in a unanimous vote.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education, The Bethel Citizen
Greenwood’s schoolhouse history comes to life in archived town reports
Town reports from 1887 to the present, archived Greenwood town website, show how the schools still battled attendance, teacher retention and building maintenance long before School Administrative District 44.
Posted inMaine, News, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Rumford teacher’s Pulitzer teaching fellowship brings global health issues to fifth-graders
Amanda Bryant led a project with her Rumford Elementary School students thanks to the 2025 Pulitzer Center for Teacher Fellowship.