GARDINER — As Gardiner Area High School’s cafeteria filled with students for the second lunch period, Tara Marble began her pitch.
Susan McMillan
Demand on Augusta food bank soaring
AUGUSTA — For 30 years, Augusta Food Bank got by with donations from churches and individuals, grants from the United Way of Kennebec Valley and a variety of food drives run by other organizations.
Rail trail looks to future
GARDINER — Waterfront Park here is not connected to the 6.5-mile Kennebec River Rail Trail, though railroad tracks run along one side of the parking lot.
Hammonds making rounds in RSU 2
HALLOWELL — As the new superintendent of Regional School Unit 2 settles in, his tour of the district is taking him beyond classrooms, staff meetings and school events.
Hallowell mulls fireworks sales
HALLOWELL — There will be fireworks at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
RSU 12 to review building use
WHITEFIELD — Now that Regional School Unit 12 has a beautiful new school in Chelsea, administrators are turning their attention to other buildings.
Maine schools sliding in annual progress
AUGUSTA — Fewer Maine schools are clearing the ever-rising bar set by No Child Left Behind. According to a report released Monday by the Maine Department of Education, only 184 of the state’s 608 schools — 30.2 percent — are making “adequate yearly progress” toward the goal of all students reaching proficiency by 2013-14.
Maine schools sliding off ever-steeper curve
AUGUSTA — Fewer Maine schools are clearing the ever-rising bar set by No Child Left Behind.
Maine applying again in Race to the Top
AUGUSTA — Last year, Maine turned in one of the lowest-scoring applications for Race to the Top, missing a chance at $75 million in federal money for education reform.
Progress is measured in many ways
READFIELD — A loud beeping cut through the chatter at the Readfield Historical Society’s annual Wine and Cheese Social.