The bill would provide one-time funds for mortgages to first-time homebuyers who have student loan debt.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Bowdoin College hires a top state police official to help lead campus security
Lt. Col. William Harwood will retire from public service and become associate director of safety and security at the Brunswick college.
UMaine-Farmington President Edward Serna taking position in South Carolina
He will become president of Winthrop University, his alma mater, in July.
Oakland-area school district to drop mask mandate after February vacation
Masks will be optional for students and staff in Regional School Unit 18, but since the school is no longer considered a universal masking school, students will have to quarantne.
Nokomis students, parents protest mask mandate, storm school vestibule
The disruption occurred Friday at Nokomis Regional Middle School in Newport and involved school staff who tried to stop the group, but no arrests were made and there were no suspensions or disciplinary actions taken.
National Guard deploys for new emergency: Teacher shortages
New Mexico has been alone in calling out its National Guard members while other states have issued pleas for substitute teachers amid omicron-driven surges in infections,
Farmington-based school board moves ahead with reapportionment process
Regional School Unit 9 is reassigning the number of directors and/or their voting power based on the 2020 Census.
Photos: Gov. Janet Mills speaks in Farmington about child care workforce shortage
The expansion at University of Maine Farmington’s Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center aims to provide more child care services and education training in the region.
High lead levels found in Maine schools’ drinking water
About a third of the examined sites exceed federal limits as results of state-mandated testing begin to be reported.
Erskine Academy rallies for cancer-stricken student, raises more than $14,000 for her treatment
A well-known cheerleader from Erskine Academy, Paige Reed, is fighting cancer for the second time in her life and the community rallied together to raise money and show their love and support for Paige ‘Power’ Reed.