Area has the lowest number of disconnected youth among the counties in western and central Maine, Director Mary Redmond-Luce reported to the RSU board of directors on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Lobster apprenticeship program aims to diversify working waterfront
Lift All Boats, launched by Luke’s Lobster, gives young people of color access to an iconic Maine industry that can be difficult to crack.
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Posted inLocal Sports, Sports, Varsity Maine
Efforts intensify to recruit referees and umpires for Maine youth sports
Clinics are popping up across the state for new officials – ranging in age from teenagers to retirees – in multiple sports.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Cavalier attitudes about vaping, marijuana raise fears about teen health
Smoking and drinking have declined among Maine youths in recent years, but the percentage of high schoolers who said they vaped in the past 30 days rose from 16.8% in 2015 to 30.2% in 2019.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Musicians coach youth for Open Stage
Musician and teacher, MacKenzie Richards worked with young performers at Gem Theatre
Posted inCommunity, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Sprout Lewiston growing a love for ecology and education
Sprout Lewiston, a new summer program brought to Lewiston focuses on educating the youth and teaching them to give back to their community by cleaning up public parks. As many of the teens started the program lacking knowledge of the natural ecosystem of Lewiston, almost all of them now have goals to build their own garden at home.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Music and youth, an important partnership
BETHEL — Music can change people. How? According to penfieldbuildingblocks.org, (a Kohl’s/Penfield Children’s Center project), music can stimulate the brain’s alpha waves which in turn invokes a feeling of peace and tranquility. It also boosts the development of perceptual skills that enhances language. “Sometimes music helps us to articulate things that we wouldn’t be able […]
Posted inNation / World, New England, News
New Hampshire among states grappling with closing youth detention centers
As states from California to Maine consider drastic changes to youth detention centers, New Hampshire is grappling with its own facility that has been rocked by abuse allegations from years past
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Senior center donates van to city youth program
Tree Street Youth Executive Director Julia Sleeper gets a hug from David Cassidy of Schooner Estates after Schooner staff and residents delivered a passenger van donated by Schooner Estates in Lewiston on Tuesday. Schooner, a senior living community in Auburn, used the van to take residents on trips and out to eat. John Rice said […]