Regional School Unit 2 officials offer few new details about why bus transportation has been suspended.
Emily Duggan
Staff Writer
Emily Duggan is a staff writer for the Kennebec Journal. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of New Hampshire, where she was a news editor and staff writer for The New Hampshire. Before working at the Kennebec Journal, she interned at the Portland Press Herald and freelanced for the Granite State News Collaborative. A Portland native, Emily loves exploring the city, reading, and playing with her two cats.
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RSU 2 announces Richmond school buses will not run for the next week
Richmond Police Department offer to lend a hand getting students to school after RSU 2 announced early Sunday evening families will be without school bus transportation from Nov. 8 to 16.
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School districts in central Maine hustle to bring COVID-19 vaccine to their youngest students
Children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible for the vaccine and some school districts in the region will host clinics as soon as next week.
Posted inElections, Kennebec Journal, Local Elections, Maine, Schools and Education
Majority of Richmond voters in favor of starting withdrawal process again
The town completed the process and voted to leave, but did not have enough votes to validate it.
Posted inElections, Kennebec Journal, Local Elections, Maine
Holmes, Lamoreau reelected to the Augusta Board of Education
Pia Holmes and Kevin Lamoreau were in a three-way race with Sergei Chaparin and ultimately were reelected.
Posted inElections, Kennebec Journal, Local Elections, Maine
Potter, Marshall elected to spots on Gardiner-area school board
Incumbents Matthew Marshall and Cullen McGough ran against Diane Potter, who ultimately took McGough’s seat.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Augusta teachers exhausted by pandemic-era instruction as student problems spike
Cony Middle and High School teachers say the first two months of the 2021-22 school have brought “extreme exhaustion and stress.”
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Three candidates vie for 2 spots in Gardiner-area school board race
Matthew Marshall and Cullen McGough are the incumbents. They are being challenged by Diane Potter, who was on the board for two terms.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Readfield-area schools officials debate remote learning options as COVID cases spike in district
The board did not come up with a solution, but will take the answers they gained with them to the Nov. 3 meeting to evaluate the situation in a couple of weeks.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Central Maine schools see improvement with staff COVID vaccination rates, state data shows
Despite reporting errors, more school staff members are getting vaccinated at or above the statewide average of nearly 80%.