David Hoagland and Josh Lund play instruments for students as they arrive at school two days a week.

According to Augusta School Department statistics, 92 students were homeless last year, with 23 of them listing a homeless shelter as their residence and nine of them listing their residence as a hotel.

Art and music classes take place every Wednesday afternoon and are part of the ‘human experience,’ Principal Travis Works says.

Students at Canaan Elementary School participated in a fire simulation activity Friday as part of an education program for Fire Prevention Week.

As part of their goal to be carbon neutral by 2045, the University of Maine at Farmington undergoes large campus conversion from oil to biomass heating system.

The school’s new library, which is part of a $4.5 million renovation, was dedicated to English teacher Patricia Reid on Friday.

Members of the school’s Parent Teacher and Friend organization spent two years planning and raising funds for the new equipment, which is open to the community as well.