Albion residents, concerned about losing town elementary school, may start process of leaving school district

Residents will vote June 10 on starting the negotiating process to leave Maine School Administrative District 49, although this would not be a final decision on the issue.

Rotary donates to Fairfield, Winslow, Oakland, Waterville schools

Proposed site of new Benton school wins residents’ backing

Plans call for Maine School Administrative District 49 to build school off Neck Road, near Benton Elementary School.

School district’s consolidation plan brings concern for some Albion residents

Maine School Administrative District 49 is moving forward with plans to consolidate elementary students at one location, but the proposal would result in the closure of Albion's lone school.

Vaccinating students seen as key moment as central Maine schools juggle pandemic challenges

With the increase in COVID-19 cases despite using the same guidelines as last year, school districts are seeing large increases in the number of positive cases from just the first few months of school.

Fairfield man, family collect 100-plus Thanksgiving dinners for area residents

Tim Martin and his family recently collected the food baskets for local families and delivered them to the schools for distribution.

Fairfield-area school district finds site for new building

The Maine State Administrative District 49 board of directors heard a presentation on how the district's school construction project is faring. The current plan is to renovate Benton Elementary School and use it to house students in kindergarten through second grade; third through sixth-grade students will be moved into a new building.

Most central Maine school districts lag state average for vaccinated staff members

Statewide, 75.6% of school staff members are fully vaccinated, meaning they have received two shots of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the one-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.

Fairfield-area schools to receive $6.3 million in federal pandemic relief aid

A portion of the federal money that School Administrative District 49 will receive is designated to directly help students in a variety of ways.

Morning Sentinel area June 8 election roundup

Unofficial results reported by municipal clerks from Tuesday's poll votes.