Local volunteer readers, including city officials and business owners, stressed the importance of reading Tuesday at Hussey Elementary School.

Officials from the town of Madison and school district will meet with state lawmakers in Augusta Tuesday to discuss the possibility of state aid for education after the closure of Madison Paper Industries.

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.