The gym at Athens Elementary School was filled with parents and students Monday evening, as area high schools courted students from Athens and Brighton Plantation to join their schools.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in the summer of 2019, Rachel worked at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, covering Franklin and Somerset counties, and the Knoxville News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering higher education. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and when she’s not writing and reporting enjoys running, cooking and traveling to new places.
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Bingham, Moscow voters to debate SAD 13 budget Tuesday
School Administrative District 13’s posed $3.23 million budget will be considered by Bingham and Moscow voters Tuesday in a Town Hall-style meeting.
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Olympian urges Carrabec graduates to show courage, fortitude
On Sunday afternoon, 69 members of the Carrabec High School class of 2013 graduated in the school’s gymnasium, which was decorated in green and white and included an arboretum draped in ribbons and lights for the graduates to process through.
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State education boss visits Canaan, Skowhegan elementary schools
On Friday, Canaan Elementary School, along with the Bloomfield Elementary School in Skowhegan, were stops on Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen’s Promising Practices Tour.
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Athens, Brighton Plantation residents invited to high school fair on Monday
Parents and students in Athens and Brighton Plantation, which recently left School Administrative District 59, will have the opportunity to explore school choice at a high school fair Monday evening.
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Career paramedic honored for service to communities
A lifetime of commitment to emergency medical care earns Peter Boucher, of Kingfield,recognition from state Emergency Medical Services.
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Brighton Plantation to decide on SAD 59 withdrawal proposal
Brighton Plantation residents will vote Tuesday on whether to leave the local school district, which would Madison as the only town in SAD 59.
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Brighton Plantation residents to vote on withdrawal from Madison-based SAD 59 Tuesday
Brighton Plantation and Madison are the only communities left in the Madison-based School Administrative District 59 after Athens and Stark previously withdrew.
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Pittsfield fire-safety company among five celebrated for environmentalism
Edwards-United Technologies, of Pittsfield, was one of five businesses in the state recognized by the governor’s office and the state Department of Environmental Protection with a 2013 Environmental Excellence award Wednesday.
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Vienna man accused of stealing, wrecking car Monday
Shane Dolph Gurney, 36, of Vienna, is facing felony charges after police said he stole a car on Main Street on Monday and destroyed it in a crash about 20 miles away.