Athens Elementary School will hold kindergarten screenings on May 30 for the 2013-2014 school year. Screenings are by appointment only. For an appointment, call 654-2561 before May 24.
May 2013
Posted inCommunity
Fairfield’s annualclean-up May 13-17
FAIRFIELD — The annual Spring Clean Up Week is 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, May 13-17.
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GEORGE SMITH: Teachers: Most important ingredient in education system
It’s time to give teachers a pep talk. Last Thursday, I was the luncheon speaker at the retired teachers annual convention. They wanted to hear about Maine travel, but before I could get to that, it seemed important to let them know they are appreciated.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Lewiston gets cold shoulder from governor
The visit of a sitting governor to his disaster-stricken hometown would seem to be the perfect time for him to connect with constituents in crisis.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM AWAY: Reforms overdue for drug compounders
When a doctor sticks a needle in you, you expect that the drugs it carries won’t be tainted. But, possibly owing to a strange gray area in federal law, thousands of patients last October got injections for back pain that contained highly dangerous fungal meningitis, and dozens of them died.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: Maine better than New Zealand in kids’ untreated tooth decay
The Pew Charitable Trust may want to start studying how Maine manages tooth decay in children. Our level of untreated tooth decay for third graders was 14.6 percent in 2011 — the second lowest in the nation.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats propose their own evaluation plan for Maine schools
Meanwhile, state education officials spell out strategies for helping schools that received low grades.
Posted inNews
LePage vetoes bill giving local school boards authority to determine where superintendent lives
Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have given school boards the authority to decide whether their superintendents should be required to live in the communities where they work.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Blossoming stroll
Angela McKenna, left, and Tabitha Ryan, both of Augusta, push strollers underneath blossoming trees on Tuesday on the Kennebec River Rail Trail in Hallowell. Finn Ryan and Eva McKenna were both riding in Ryan’s stroller.
Posted inCommunity
STILL LIFE: Dust Bowl
Egide Dostie kicks up a small dust storm while mowing the dry lawn at the family farm in Fairfield on Tuesday. More rain is on the way later this week to reduce fire danger.