Pittsfield school, runner-up in the Class B state finals, will compete in the New England festival after winner Lisbon High School opted out.

Members of the senior class voted Thursday to approve a change that eliminates different color gowns for girls and boys, instead everyone will wear purple.

In the wake of a marketing campaign, the university in Orono has received 14,205 applications for admission this fall, a 17 percent increase over last year.

Todd LeRoy said the issue is ‘leadership style’ at School Administrative District 59 and not related to the Madison Paper Industries mill closing, slated for May.

School policy now requires the same discipline for cigarette smoking as for heroin use.

The co-founder and editor-in-chief of the liberal news site Huffington Post will also be given an honorary degree at Colby’s commencement.

A new partnership between SAD 74’s AmeriCorps program and the Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties is bringing high school, middle school and elementary students together to learn to read.