A 14-year-old girl has been charged in connection with a false bomb threat at Oak Hill Middle School, and police are investigating a similar threat at Oak Hill High School.
Susan McMillan
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UMA ‘Walk to Remember’ recognizes Rwanda genocide
About 20 students and staff members led a “Walk to Remember” around campus and past the Augusta Civic Center, then shared a lunch of Rwandan food and watched a documentary about the reconciliation process that followed the 1994 genocide.
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Proposed Winthrop, Fayette schools budget won’t increase taxes
Alternative Organizational Structure 97’s proposed budget increases spending by 1.2 percent, but surplus funds will cover the increase, and not result in higher taxes for property owners in Fayette and Winthrop.
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Augusta native says Cambridge was a ghost town
Katie Rollins, daughter of Augusta City Councilor Dave Rollins, said Cambridge went from a hive of activity to a ghost town in a matter of hours as the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects began to unfold Thursday night.
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Maine Supreme Court justice, stuck in Boston, describes ‘unbelievable’ shutdown
Maine Supreme Court Justice Joseph Jabar of Waterville described a surreal scene of deserted streets in downtown Boston, where he is attending a judicial conference this morning.
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Big bear drawn to 96-year-old Wayne woman’s window
Motion-activated camera captures images of a bear feeding on a bird feeder at the home of Priscilla Stevenson, 96, of Walton Road in Wayne.
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School districts scramble to adjust to new health insurance rates
A change in policy by the trust that handles most Maine schools’ health insurance policies has some districts crying foul over steep premium increases and others relieved with lower, or zero, rate rates.
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RSU 2 students protest LePage budget at State House
About 30 Regional School Unit 2 students, plus several parents and activists, chanted “Students care! Fund our schools!” and “Choose kids, not cuts!” at a State House rally on Friday.
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Attendees at Monmouth hearing largely against RSU 2 withdraw
Public testimony at a hearing Wednesday leaned heavily in favor of the town staying in Regional School Unit 2 instead of leaving it, but the 100 or so people that were there won’t be enough to pass a vote to withdraw.
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Hermit didn’t grow food, hunt or use fires
Christopher Knight proves to be an unlikely survivalist, having stolen for sustenance rather than hunt, fish or forage for the last 27 years.