Press Releases

BUSINESS | SCHOOL

Cobscook Community Learning Center Receives $1.2 Million Grant in Support of Heartwood Lodge

The Cobscook Community Learning Center received great news last week when word of an anonymous $1.2 million grant came through the door. This funding propels ...

SCHOOL

Carleton Project announces an Endowment Fund in Memoriam of Past Board Members

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Carleton Project established an endowment fund for students on behalf of David J. Lyon and Terry Despres. Last fall, $16,000 was ...

BUSINESS | SCHOOL

Open hangar event to kick off UMA’s new B.S. in aviation program

AUGUSTA, Maine — The University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) and Maine Instrument Flight (MIF) will hold an Open Hangar Community Event from 11 a.m. ...

BENEFITS AND FUNDRAISERS | BUSINESS | COMMUNITY | SCHOOL

Returning champs win Maine Recycles Championship, raising $29,000

Since early March, 60 local schools have been competing to collect and “CLYNK” the most bottles and cans per enrolled student during the second annual ...

COMMUNITY | HEALTH | POLITICS | SCHOOL

Mitchell urges graduating medical students to make a difference

PORTLAND, Maine — Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell told students about to graduate from medical school that they had chosen a life of ...

SCHOOL

Hancock County Retired Teachers awards 2013 scholarship

BAR HARBOR, Maine — The Hancock County Retired Teachers Association has announced that Traci Lynn Norwood is the 2013 recipient of the organization’s $500 scholarship. ...

SCHOOL

New programs of study approved for York County Community College

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System has approved the addition of three new programs of study at York ...

COMMUNITY | NON-PROFITS | SCHOOL

Grant to support Teen Parenting Education Program

The Good Samaritan Agency is pleased to announce a $9,000 grant from the TJX Foundation to support their Teen Parent Education program (TPE). The program ...

COMMUNITY | HEALTH | SCHOOL

Hichborn Middle School and teacher recognized for wellness program

AUGUSTA, Maine — Barbara Hamlin, physical education teacher at Hichborn Middle School in Howland, has been named Maine’s Fuel Up To Play 60 Program Adviser ...

COMMUNITY | SCHOOL

Bangor High School earns US News Silver Award, national ranking

BANGOR, Maine – Officials from US News & World Report informed Bangor High School that it earned that publication’s national Silver Award in its ranking of ...