University of Maine at Farmington freshman has endured personal struggles but wants to use her experiences to help others.

The project is funded in part by an Alfond Foundation grant, the largest gift in the school’s history.

The Center for Innovation in Education will prepare education graduates to teach Maine’s mandated high school proficiency-based learning curriculum.

The all-girls school founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1969 says that ending its Catholic affiliation next year will give its board more local control and ‘open the doors to other girls.’

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.