Cornelia “Connie” Brown, a former head of the Augusta School Department, will serve on an interim basis and replace controversial outgoing Superintendent Gary Rosenthal.
Charles Eichacker
Charles Eichacker covers crime and general news in the Winthrop area, but his side interests include health, politics, culture and the outdoors. A Maryland native, he first came to Maine in 2004 to attend Colby College. After several years away, including a stint teaching English in China for the Peace Corps, he returned in 2014 for a job at the Ellsworth American. He started writing for the Kennebec Journal in spring 2016. An Eagle Scout and sometimes karaoke singer, his short term life goals include running a marathon, growing tomatoes and playing “Ziggy Stardust” on guitar.
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State approves spending $26.7 million for new Monmouth middle, grade school
Regional School Unit 2 will seek bids for the project soon now that the state Board of Education approved it last week.
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Litchfield officials raise alarm over RSU 4 budget ahead of vote
Residents from the Regional School Unit 4 towns of Sabattus, Wales and Litchfield have given preliminary approval to the spending plan even as others signal discontent.
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Hundreds come to Augusta to honor fallen officers, including 2 who died in last year
The name of a Fryeburg officer who died last summer, Nathan M. Desjardins, was added to a wall memorializing those killed in line of duty.
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State trooper fatally shoots man during confrontation in town of Wales
William N. Derick, 54, was shot and killed after police responded to a report of a domestic violence incident in which a gunshot had been fired at a woman, a state police spokesman says.
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State recruiting Maine birdwatchers to collect data for atlas
A coordinator says the project will continue from 2018 to 2022 and help inform future conservation efforts.
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Work underway at site of future Farmingdale fire station
Two homes, a shed and trees have been knocked down so far on the Maine Avenue property, as town officials work on the design for the building.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, Schools and Education
For Augusta mother, seeing a future with family, studies
Lynn Merrill, 61, who went blind about 23 years ago, delivered the student speech Saturday at the University of Maine at Augusta commencement ceremony.
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Former US Sen. George Mitchell urges UMA grads to oppose discrimination, other injustices
More than 500 graduates received degrees during a ceremony Saturday morning at the Augusta Civic Center.
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Winthrop School Board proposes $25,000 payout to embattled superintendent
The one-time payment came to light during a Town Council meeting Monday night, in which school officials discussed hiring an interim superintendent to replace Gary Rosenthal.