School’s National Honor Society group named 2020 RSU 11 Spirit of America Foundation Education Tribute winner.
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State bureaus add new Mental Health Resources webpage
Webpage designed for farmers, forest workers, their families.
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Gardiner-area school board lets superintendent decide learning schedule after break
School officials and board members agreed that if administrators were to change the remote learning schedule, it would likely be to remote learning for the middle and high schools, while the elementary schools would stick with a hybrid schedule.
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MaineGeneral in Augusta to get its first vaccine shipment Tuesday
While MaineGeneral in Augusta is receiving the Pfizer vaccine, Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville is slated to get the Moderna vaccine, which has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Augusta’s Hussey Elementary School reports third positive COVID-19 case in a week
Regional School Unit 2’s Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond is undergoing contact tracing.
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Erskine students, faculty give $600 to the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers
SOUTH CHINA — For nearly 20 years past, Erskine Academy has held an annual “Wish List Drive” for the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers in Waterville. This year, because of the academy’s cohorts’ schedules and social distancing, the Student Council felt it best to make a monetary donation. Contributions were made by a special […]
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Goat Solstice at Whitefield’s Fuzzy Udder Creamery caps ‘crazy year’
Attendees were given quick tours of the farm and on-site creamery, and finished the day with a curated plate of the farm’s numerous goat, cow and sheep dairy products.
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Bailey Public Library’s virtual programs help keep Winthrop-area residents connected during pandemic
Programs at the library, especially the movie club, have participants looking forward to spirited online discussions with others.
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Hallowell’s comprehensive planning group identifies most important issues
The city’s Comprehensive Plan Committee met Saturday afternoon to whittle down a list of issues to the most important items after about nine months of data collection.
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Maine Christmas tree farms seeing record numbers of sales amid pandemic holiday season
Many Christmas Tree farms across the state have had to close early as trees sell out early, with farm owners theorizing that and more families than usual are looking to get out of the house together.