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Messalonskee graduate takes aim at bullies through song

Dom Colizzi, a target of bullies during his high school days, has kicked off an anti-bullying campaign at the Waterville Opera House.

Other states tackling the issue are also paying close attention to how the case plays out in the nation’s most populous state.

Students at the Fairfield high school brave the heat to express the importance of a major milestone in 156 young lives.

Former spokesman for Gov. LePage to return as executive director of public affairs.

Dan Demeritt, a former LePage staffer, is hired to a new $125,000-a-year position amid the system’s financial crisis.

Keynote speaker and English teacher Ian Wilson reminded the students to thank those who have helped them as they write their life stories.

The Oakland high school seniors are a tight-knit bunch who ‘are surrounded by people who love you most.”

The schools are the latest in program funded by a Read Across America $10,000 grant that is bringing books to first-graders across the state.

The proposed budget is up about 3 percent because of loss of state funding, according to the superintendent.