Education
Mt. Blue regional school district receives grant to increase school safety
By Donna M. Perry, Sun Journal on May 20, 2013, at 5:58 a.m.
FARMINGTON, Maine — All RSU 9 schools will have large numbers on exterior doors to help emergency responders identify which one to use. The Mallett and Mt. Blue High Schools already are labeled. David Leavitt, director of the district’s support services, received a $2,500 grant from the Department of Homeland ...
Maine woman investigating how to lessen domestic violence at the hands of war-scarred veterans
By Ann Bryant, Sun Journal on May 20, 2013, at 5:51 a.m.
FARMINGTON, Maine — The challenge of domestic violence is an issue of concern for the state. It’s also one that affects veterans, according to Dovey Balsam of Industry, who spent a year researching and proposing ways to help veterans and their families. “The stressors from recent continual wars are exacerbating ...
With or without unconstitutional prayer, students work to finish boats in time for launch
BATH, Maine — Last week South Bristol School canceled its traditional blessing of the fleet after a Washington, D.C.-based organization declared the prayer unconstitutional. But on Friday, controversy was kept at bay as the school’s eighth-graders scrambled to finish building the wooden skiffs with an eye toward the June 14 ...
Eighth-grade boat builders
South Bristol eighth-graders work to finish skiffs in the boat shop at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath on Friday. South Bristol students have taken part in boat-building projects at the museum for 16 years.
Portland resident escapes war-torn Somalia, earns criminal justice degree from UMPI
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — At college commencement ceremonies across the country, it is not unusual to hear stories about students who have overcome tremendous obstacles in order to receive their degrees. Some have fled war-torn countries, worked several jobs to pay for school or attended college in an area where ...
Education costs pushing up Brewer tax rate, city leaders say
BREWER, Maine — The total combined draft budget is going up less than 1 percent, but a reduction in the tax base and increased costs for education and county taxes means a projected property tax increase, city officials are predicting. “It’s a very unusual year,” Finance Director Karen Fussell said ...
From the community
Genealoogy: Find Your Family Roots
GENEALOGY: BUILD YOUR FAMILY TREE GENEALOGY: BUILD YOUR FAMILY TREE Wednesdays June 5, 12 & 19 Gibbs Library, Washington Maine In this three part hands on workshop, Norman and Libby Casas, will teach you how to use internet based programs to find your ancestors. You will use popular genealogy search ...
Residents weigh in on future of Rockland-area schools
ROCKLAND, Maine — Faced with increasing costs and declining enrollments, a blueprint for the future of Regional School Unit 13 is coming together. Residents from Thomaston are encouraged to meet Sunday to discuss a possible reconfiguration of schools in the six-community district, made up of Rockland, Thomaston, St. George, South ...
Lewiston’s Zam Zam Mohamud becomes first Somali immigrant on school board
LEWISTON, Maine — Zam Zam Mohamud, described as popular and well-regarded in the community by a Bates College professor, is the city’s first Somali to serve on the Lewiston School Committee. Her appointment is a turning point for Lewiston, “when our city representatives begin to reflect our shifting demographics,” said ...
Oxford Hills Bookmobile losing funding this month
By Leslie H. Dixon, Sun Journal on May 17, 2013, at 6:03 a.m.
NORWAY, Maine — The popular Oxford Hills Bookmobile may come to a stop if funding isn’t found by May 31 to keep the wheels rolling this summer. The eight-year-old program, a collaboration between Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education and Norway Memorial Library, served 775 children at nine locations weekly for six ...
Cherryfield voters overwhelmingly approve withdrawal from RSU 37
CHERRYFIELD, Maine — Voters in Cherryfield overwhelmingly approved their town’s withdrawal from RSU 37 on Tuesday. Town Clerk Mona West explained Thursday that the withdrawal needed to be approved by a two-thirds margin but was actually approved by 88 percent of those voting. The final tally was 259 for withdrawal ...
Commencements at Maine colleges and universities, May 18-June 8, 2013
on May 16, 2013, at 5:49 p.m.
University of Maine at Machias MACHIAS, Maine — The University of Maine at Machias will celebrate its 102nd commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Frederic A. Reynolds Center. Jim Thompson, a retired journalist and communications specialist, will deliver the commencement address and will be given the ...
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Maine Prep’s “Word of the Day” is a Hit With Students – and the Entire Family
Maine Prep’s free online SAT vocabulary-building service, “Word of the Day,” is generating an enthusiastic response from students, their parents and school guidance counselors. The Brunswick-based test prep company delivers to hundreds of e-mailboxes every morning a relevant SAT word and definition, accompanied by a sentence and graphic. Many subscribers ...
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Maine Prep’s “Word of the Day” is a Hit With Students – and the Entire Family
Maine Prep’s free online SAT vocabulary-building service, “Word of the Day,” is generating an enthusiastic response from students, their parents and school guidance counselors. The Brunswick-based test prep company delivers to hundreds of e-mailboxes every morning a relevant SAT word and definition, accompanied by a sentence and graphic. Many subscribers ...
![East Millinocket School Committee members Angel Danforth [left] and Chairman Dan Byron listen to Millinocket School Committee members during a meeting at Stearns High School on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.](http://bdnpull.bangorpublishing.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/10048401_H10521083-250x250.jpg)
‘We need to consolidate’: Stearns student scolds Katahdin school boards
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Tanner McLaughlin had heard enough. A Stearns High School sophomore, the student representative on the Millinocket school board, scolded his fellow board members and the East Millinocket school board during a meeting on Wednesday night for failing to aggressively pursue consolidating the towns’ two school systems. “I ...
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SPECTRUM CAMERA CLUB
SPECTRUM CAMERA CLUB Educational programs, field trips. FMI call Bob Gorrill @ 563-7463 Fee $1. May 21, 1 PM
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SPECTRUM CAMERA CLUB
SPECTRUM CAMERA CLUB Educational programs, field trips. FMI call Bob Gorrill @ 563-7463 Fee $1. May 21, 1 PM
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MY CAR?
THE CAR DOC IS IN Hosted by Don Chatfield, Coastal’s own version of Click and Clack, where your most pressing and mysterious questions about your vehicle are answered. Fee $5. May 20, 10 AM Call 563.1363 FMI
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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY 101
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY 101 with a Focus on Zoom Lens Professional Photographer Bob Gorrill will help you understand your new camera, its settings and capabilities, along with photography basics as well as zoom lenses and what they can do for the user Remember to bring your camera, memory card, and fresh ...
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SHAREWARE OR FREE SOFTWARE?
WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE, SHAREWARE OR FREE SOFTWARE? Learn about free anti-virus software, image viewing Programs or even how to make your computer talk. Jim Skilling will show you how to search for and download free software to your computer. $5. May 23, 11 AM ‘ Call 563.1363 FMI
More than 500 help with ground search for missing Glenburn teen Nichole Cable
Silenced by legislators at budget talks, LePage says Mainers are being played for ‘patsies’
Family of third plane crash victim puts Knox County on notice
Emma Libby, 15, overcomes ruling to win Sport-4 race at Speedway 95
Hampden firm pokes holes in traditional boat mooring, leaving room for lobsters, crabs and other sea life
Jeffrey Nugent says his brother Ted Nugent is wrong on background checks
Maine protects a woman’s right to choose
Funding isn’t everything: Education reform takes innovation, cooperation
Strengthening the schools Maine already has
Marcus Davis wins mixed martial arts main event at NEF VII
Promise of land brought Theriault family to ‘Acadie’ in 1630s
How do I teach my kids it’s not OK to be bullied, even by family?
From a mountaintop…of sorts
Custom guitar played by two members of the Beatles sells for $408,000 at auction
