Dresden is not the only municipality critical of Regional School Unit 2’s proposed spending plan. Farmingdale and Monmouth officials are also questioning how they would pay what the district is asking.
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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UMA to host in-person art exhibition around ‘Outbreak’ theme
“The Outbreak Project at UMA” is scheduled to open Tuesday and run through April 30, featuring 14 artists.
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Locally sourced ingredients focus of new lunch menu at Chelsea-area elementary school
Nutritional Director Michael Flynn said Regional School Unit 12 is looking to add new items to the menu so students can “make connections to where their food is coming from.”
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Ames Mill owners look to sell ‘old stuff’ at Richmond building
Acord family holds “liquidation sale” over weekend to help clear out mill.
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Pittston woman and her car were chosen to be an extra in film directed by George Clooney
After answering a casting call she ‘forgot about,’ Smith has headed down to filming twice now, and wrapped up Friday.
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After a year of pandemic measures, central Maine colleges see lasting change, hope for the fall
Now that the pandemic has forced colleges to adapt, some are seeing an increased number of graduates and shifting student demographics.
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Washington residents gather at annual Town Meeting, passing all articles
All 38 articles were passed in under an hour, and voters authorize selectmen to pursue options to expand broadband internet.
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Beloved Hallowell-area principal rewarded with Maine’s Principal of the Year
Hall-Dale Elementary School Principal Kristie Clark will accept the 2021 Maine Principals’ Association National Distinguished Principal of the Year award virtually on April 29.
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Historic Ames Mill in Richmond to host liquidation sale this weekend
There will be enough items to cover 20,000 square feet inside the building that was constructed in the early 1880s.
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Richmond officials highlight reasons for going through withdrawal process from Hallowell-area school district
If Richmond withdraws from Regional School Unit 2, the town could pay an estimated $400,000 more in its first year as a standalone school district than it does as part of the Hallowell-area unit.