The Legislature’s recent approval of Narcan at Maine pharmacies can help reverse the life-impairing effects of opioids, Carey Clark writes.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Novel program draws out-of-state students, fuels jump in UMaine admissions
Enrollment is up 22 percent under the ‘flagship match’ offer, and it’s also increasing at USM and other campuses in the state university system.
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Residents call for SAD 6 board to address concerns about hiring of superintendent’s son
A petition with 113 signatures says the board should consider ending the contract of Superintendent Frank Sherburne, whose son was hired by SAD 6 and later charged with sexual assault.
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Incoming class at University of Maine up 22 percent over last year
The biggest jump is among out-of-state students, many of them from Massachusetts.
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Messalonskee students release Atlantic salmon into Bond Brook in Augusta
Conservation groups worked with the students to help them understand the salmon life cycle and the long odds of survival.
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UMA professor earns Fulbright fellowship
Robert Kellerman will teach at Daugavpils University in Latvia next spring.
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Protesters urge Dartmouth College to dump fossil fuel investments
Dartmouth divested from South Africa in the 1980s to protest apartheid, and protesters say the school has a moral obligation to do the same with fossil fuels.
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Use of a ‘Double’ helps homebound Vassalboro seventh-grader reconnect with classmates
The robot nicknamed ‘Double’ lets 13-year-old Abby Fisher go back to school from her kitchen table.
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More graduates push pause, see benefits of pre-college ‘gap year’
Some sign up for programs and others design their own to travel, focus their studies and grow personally, and schools encourage the time off.
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Foods, stories from different cultures abound at MCI food festival
The International Food Festival at Maine Central Institute Sunday showcased foods prepared by students from eleven different countries.