High school theater programs are still performing, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced different creativity and new approaches.
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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For some central Maine students with special learning services, remote learning doesn’t work
School districts are learning many special service programs are unable to be replicated on a remote level — leaving some students facing a regression in their learning.
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Gardiner-area middle, high schools set for week of fully remote learning after holiday break
The two Maine School Administrative District 11 schools will resume the current hybrid-learning model Jan. 11, while elementary school students return Jan. 4.
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Gardiner-area school board lets superintendent decide learning schedule after break
School officials and board members agreed that if administrators were to change the remote learning schedule, it would likely be to remote learning for the middle and high schools, while the elementary schools would stick with a hybrid schedule.
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Augusta’s Hussey Elementary School reports third positive COVID-19 case in a week
Regional School Unit 2’s Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond is undergoing contact tracing.
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Maine Christmas tree farms seeing record numbers of sales amid pandemic holiday season
Many Christmas Tree farms across the state have had to close early as trees sell out early, with farm owners theorizing that and more families than usual are looking to get out of the house together.
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Augusta’s public schools to begin winter break early, go fully remote until Jan. 19
After a successful trial following Thanksgiving, city schools will use a remote learning model two days before and two weeks after the winter break.
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Manchester Elementary School reports a positive COVID-19 case
Despite the positive coronavirus case, the first in Regional School Unit 38 since Oct. 2, all of the district’s school buildings will continue in-person learning.
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UMA expands dental assistant program to Lewiston
More than $200,000 in grants has allowed the University of Maine at Augusta to double the enrollment in its dental assistant program and offer instruction in Lewiston.
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Nor’easter blankets central Maine in wet, heavy snow
Snow totals were less than expected in Kennebec, Somerset and Franklin counties, according to the National Weather Service in Gray.