They say too much weight is placed on student assessments in the proposed process.
May 2013
Power of Oklahoma tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
This EF5 storm had upward of 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, although it affected a much smaller area.
RSU 18 budget passed by voters Tuesday
Vote totals reported by town clerks show that Regional School District 18’s proposed school budget of $32,281,753 passed handily at polls in the district’s five towns Tuesday.
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Erskine hangs on for win
BRUNSWICK — The Erskine softball team fended off a late rally to edge Brunswick 12-11 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Tuesday afternoon.
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Erskine softball hangs on for win
BRUNSWICK — The Erskine softball team held off a late rally to beat Brunswick 12-11 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Tuesday afternoon.
NFL: Agent says surgery likely last on Gronkowski’s forearm
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Rob Gronkowski’s agent says the tight end’s latest surgery is expected to be the last on his forearm.
SNAPSHOT: Blaine House story time
Local author Christopher Osgood, right, of Hallowell, reads one of his short stories to a group of home-school families on Tuesday, in the sun room at Blaine House in Augusta. Osgood, who has performed readings at several area schools, has written 19 stories for children that he plans to get published in book form.
SNAPSHOT: The hanging garden of Farmingdale
Madison McCutcheon sets up a display of hanging baskets on a rainy Tuesday at the Alden Longfellow’s Greenhouses’ seasonals sales display area in the DNK Select Used Cars lot on Main Street in Farmingdale.
SNAPSHOT: Path of petals
Courtney Moulton, left, and Helen Dow walk over petals fallen from blooming trees on a rainy Tuesday through Johnson Hall Mini Park in downtown Gardiner. Forecasts call for a chance of rain through Saturday.
STILL LIFE: Flag setter
Tom Williams of the Fairfield Public Works department places an American flag in town on a rainy Tuesday.