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RSU 9 board of directors sets $33.6 million budget

by Kate McCormick June 30, 2017June 30, 2017

Board members wrangle over cuts before agreeing to a $344,524 reduction.

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UMA cybersecurity program growing to keep up with industry

by Jason Pafundi June 30, 2017June 30, 2017

Some experts predict there will be 1.5 million job openings in cybersecurity by 2019.

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RSU 9 agrees to dual degree program with Chinese School

by Kate McCormick June 28, 2017June 28, 2017

In an effort to boost revenue and re-establish its world languages programs, RSU 9 will offer its curriculum and oversight to Beijing #2 Middle School

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Kennebunk teacher accused of sex with student is placed on leave

by Matt Byrne June 28, 2017June 29, 2017

Jill Lamontagne, a health teacher at the high school, allegedly had sexual contact with a 17-year-old student ‘numerous times.’

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Be more hands-on to make the world a better place

by Rebecca Lux Soc June 27, 2017June 26, 2017

Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine showed us more than a century ago how to help create positive social change through a humanist approach, Rebecca Lux Soc writes.

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Little boat built by students in Kennebunk completes Atlantic crossing

by Gillian Graham June 27, 2017June 27, 2017

‘The Little Boat That Could’ washes ashore in Scotland after traveling thousands of miles since January.

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Newport-based school district issues resolution on education funding

by Doug Harlow June 26, 2017June 26, 2017

The school board in House Minority Leader Ken Fredette’s home district demands statewide eduction funding at 55 percent, a fact Democrats seized on Monday as a budget stalemate heads toward a government shutdown.