The recipients include Nicholas Workman, an engineer at New Balance in Skowhegan, who moved back to Maine from Connecticut.
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Maine school districts offer incentives to get drivers on the bus
A chronic lack of bus drivers, which has gotten worse in recent years, is prompting districts to provide free training, bonuses and guaranteed work weeks with medical and dental benefits.
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Mt. View Middle School goes into lockdown second straight day after threat found
A juvenile was charged in the incident by the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office, but investigators believe the two incidents were separate.
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Next RSU 9 budget vote set for Oct. 24
The School Board will host the budget meeting Oct. 11 ahead of the fourth referendum.
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Sen. Collins supporting effort to save college loan program
The federal Perkins Loan program is set to expire on Sept. 30.
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Augusta City Council candidate switches from council to school board post
Chris Clarke will run as a write-in candidate for the school board rather than take on an incumbent council member.
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Augusta superintendent gets new three-year contract
AUGUSTA — The school board has voted to give Superintendent James Anastasio a new three-year contract extension to keep him on the job until June 2021. Board members voted unanimously and without debate Wednesday in favor of the contract with the superintendent. “I’d like to thank the board for their support and I look forwad […]
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RSU 9 eyes October dates for next round of budget negotiations
A third budget — cut by $1 million by residents at a meeting — failed at the polls, sending the school board back to the drawing board.
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Fayette seeking part-time school superintendent
Jim Hodgkin resigned after taking an interim post in the midcoast.
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Voters reject, for third time, RSU 9 school budget proposal
Some residents at the polls in Farmington said they rejected the $32.7 million budget because the cuts to the budget were too steep, while others bemoaned proposed spending.