The ceremony Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center saw 155 seniors receive their diplomas and student speakers who gave thanks to those who guided them through challenging times.
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103 Waterville seniors receive diplomas in ceremony at Colby College
The seniors graduated Thursday from Waterville Senior High School in a ceremony held at the new Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center on the Colby campus.
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RSU 9 kindergarten teacher is county’s Teacher of the Year
Stacey Augustine, who has worked with Regional School Unit 9 for 20 years, said she is honored to be selected as the Department of Education’s Franklin County Teacher of the Year and is happy to see how proud her son is.
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Readfield and Mount Vernon voters to decide 2 contested RSU 38 school board races
Four seats are open on the 13-person board that oversees Regional School Unit 38, but only the races in Readfield and Mount Vernon are contested.
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Winslow graduates reflect on challenges they have faced, including COVID-19, loss of popular teacher
Winslow High School holds its 120th graduation Wednesday night at Colby College in Waterville, with seniors recalling all they have faced, including the pandemic and sudden death in December of Pete Bolduc.
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‘I wanted to give up before I even started’: Karen Smith, 54, returned to school to earn high school diploma
Twenty-six students graduate Wednesday night from Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education in ceremonies outside Waterville Senior High School.
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Oxford County teen lays rubber to her senior goal: Building her own truck
Cassie Thurlow of Waterford not only wanted to drive her truck to her high school graduation, but build it by hand as well.
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Maranacook students express their excitement as 98 graduate
The graduation took place at the Augusta Civic Center on Tuesday.
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Student, foster parent and state sue RSU 73 over alleged violation of disability rights laws
The student, who has autism, was removed from an integrated classroom to work with a tutor, the federal lawsuit says.
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Final case tied to college bribery scandal heads to trial
Jury selection in the case of a father accused of bribing a Georgetown University coach begins Tuesday in Boston federal court, more than 3 years after the first arrests were made in the so-called ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ investigation.