Candidates for the city’s mayor, City Council and school board posts, as well as for legislative districts, attended a forum Monday held via Zoom.
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Socially distant lunches work for this Messalonskee High School group of six
A group of six seniors at the high school in Oakland are making the most of social distancing at lunch.
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Monmouth Memorial School reports COVID-19 case, first in RSU 2
Regional School Unit 2 joins, RSU 12 and 38, Augusta schools and St. Michael Catholic school as districts with reported positive cases.
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Skowhegan school officials learn of positive COVID case at elementary school
Superintendent Jon Moody said the district is awaiting guidance from the Maine CDC on how to move forward, after the school closed this week amid a single case the high school.
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After years of contention, Skowhegan-area schools have a new mascot: the River Hawks
Fifteen out of the 20 members present for a district school board meeting Thursday night voted for the River Hawks, after also considering Phoenix and “Skowhegan.”
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Madison 5th-grader raises $525 for school food pantry
Liana Hartwell, a fifth grader at Madison Junior High School, raised money by selling homemade bracelets and bookmarks to benefit the school’s food pantry.
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New England Clean Energy Connect may start construction in November, despite opposition
Thorn Dickinson, CEO and president of NECEC Transmission LLC, spoke about the CMP Corridor project at Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast while legislators opposed to the project asked for equal time.
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Pittston man charged with drunken driving after cement truck rolls over
The crash on state Route 27 in Pittston on Wednesday resulted in police charging Cory Williams, 39, with operating under the influence of alcohol.
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Positive COVID-19 cases reported at Augusta’s St. Michael School, Chelsea Elementary School
The private Catholic school will have remote classes until Thursday, Oct. 15, while Regional School Unit 12 plans to move forward with a return to in-person learning next week.
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Charter school in Cornville, Skowhegan sees outbreak of COVID-19 cases
Community Regional Charter School executive director Travis Works confirmed that the charter school has 13 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday.