After a federal lawsuit was filed this summer, some who went to the school in the ’70s and ’80s say they’re still haunted by their experiences at the Bath boarding school.
Riley Board
Staff Writer
Riley covers education for the Press Herald. Before moving to Portland, she spent two years in Kenai, Alaska, reporting on local government, schools and natural resources for the public radio station KDLL as part of the Report for America program. Riley originally hails from Sarasota, Florida, and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, The Campus. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press, and at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Riley is passionate about roller skating, cooking and her cat, Edgar.
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UMaine receives $3.5 million gift for art museum, honors college
The gift is from the late art historian Linda Zillman, who with her husband, Donald, is the namesake of the university’s art museum.
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Following student deaths, Rockland-area lawmakers propose more school bus crossing arms
Following the deaths of Maine students in the last month, 3 state lawmakers are introducing a bill to require expanded safety features on school buses.
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Maine parents heartbroken after 2 students killed by school buses in a month
Following the deaths of students in Rockland and Standish, parents across the state said they’re devastated by the news but not necessarily more wary of putting their kids on the bus.
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UMaine-Presque Isle receives $2 million gift, largest ever
The gift comes from the late Donald Zillman, a former president of the university, and his wife, Linda.
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Lawsuit against Hyde School at risk after attorney errors
A Maine-based lawyer asked to withdraw from the federal lawsuit against the Bath boarding school last week, saying his co-counsel from Massachusetts made ‘inaccurate and unsupported legal citations’ in court records.
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What happens to Maine research grants canceled by the Trump administration?
From Bowdoin to the University of Maine, federal grant terminations have impacted research projects tackling geoscience culture to zooplankton health in the Gulf of Maine.
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Portland teacher Amy Wu sees the magic in kindergarteners
In her 28th year teaching the youngest students, she finds joy in the transformation to literacy.
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Police, DA investigating fatal Rockland school bus crash
No charges have been filed against the driver of a school bus that struck and killed Regional School Unit 13 student Brayden Callahan, 12, on Friday.
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United 4 Child Care partnership aims to address crisis of access, affordability
In a public-private collaboration led by the United Way, new facilities in South Portland and Freeport will add 200 spots to Southern Maine’s strained child care industry by early 2026.