The RSU 4 board will hold an emergency meeting next week to reschedule the vote — the third time voters will consider a district budget.

Tammy Ranger, a reading intervention teacher, has been designated Somerset County Teacher of the Year.

The group of five created a documentary on the Acadian deportation of the 1700s that was chosen the best presentation from Maine.

George J. Mitchell School students in Waterville had plenty of company Wednesday as elementary and middle schools from Waterville to Farmington welcomed students back, while many area high school students return Thursday.

For the second year in a row, the event for students, parents and guardians was held at Head of Falls on the banks of the Kennebec River, and a shuttle bus took participants to the school for tours.