State law spells out a 22-step process that must be followed, and it starts with a petition.

The poetry festival, in its 14th year, features student writers, discussion panels, musical performances and a talk by U.S. presidential inaugural poet Richard Blanco.

The Iron Tigers and their robot, Sir Lanc-a-Bot, will travel to Lewiston for a ‘breach the castle’ themed district tournament.

School officials say despite inroads, last year’s vote to keep the nickname probably won’t be overturned soon, but they’ll accept petition at SAD 54 board meeting Thursday.

At an informational RSU 9 budget meeting Monday night led by Superintendent Tom Ward, residents expressed concern over the proposed $2.2 million worth of increases represented in the 2016-2017 budget.

Driven in large part by conservative Christians and by others resistant 
to ‘industrialized’ education, what had been an unconventional choice for many parents in Maine and the nation has progressively moved into the mainstream.