The annual competition among schools statewide is intended to foster interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Glenn Cummings formally installed as USM president, after 17 months on the job: photos
Friday’s ceremony makes the former Maine House speaker the university’s first official president since 2012.
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Messalonskee takes first step toward districtwide track and field
The project has been talked about for 15 years, replacing but a grant and a donation of services are now helping it move forward.
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Colby College students march against hate, Trump immigration plans
More than 300 students turned out on the Waterville campus Thursday to oppose injustice after Donald Trump’s election.
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Disagreement in Winthrop over who is responsible for school funding errors
The Town Council will consider several accusations by the school district at its Monday meeting.
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Augusta school board to ponder next steps in plan for future
The Augusta Board of Education meets Wednesday to discuss forming a committee that will be given the task of taking input received and turning it into recommendations.
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At Waterville school bus stop, a friend on four legs
A few times a week, Cindy Longstaff walks her dog Wilbur to the elementary school on Pleasant Street, where he greets the children getting off the school bus, Amy Calder writes.
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‘End-around’ in filling education post means instability, Maine lawmakers say
Gov. LePage’s latest acting commissioner pick once again delegates authority to his primary choice: William Beardsley.
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Maranacook schools, Readfield teacher sued by parents over alleged ‘head-bagging’ incidents
In response, the superintendent said the district never wants ‘students to be bullied, humiliated or embarrassed by anyone.’
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Colby College president, faculty vow to help protect undocumented students
David A. Greene joins more than 200 college presidents in seeking protection for students who use the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, which President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to cancel.