The buyer will redevelop two Main Street properties into a condominium complex, and plans to begin selling the 12 units in the summer of 2019.
education
Maine Voices: No better time for state to re-envision how we educate young people
We can invest each step of the way, from preschool to proficiency-based learning to more technical training.
Maine Voices: When assimilating into new culture, keep an open and inquisitive mind
Refusing to understand or adapt could result in paralysis that erodes the promise of your new life.
Acquitted Kennebunk teacher has no regrets, hopes to teach again
Jill Lamontagne, 30, said she does not think texting with students was inappropriate, and left open the question of whether she could ever return to the classroom.
Maine Med and Tufts extend medical education partnership
The collaboration that started five years ago has been extended to 2029 and is expected to expand.
New law lets Maine school districts decide how students make the grade to graduate
School districts will now be able to choose whether to use the proficiency-based standards or revert to the traditional system when deciding who is qualified to graduate.
Maine Girls’ Academy alumnae trying to keep their alma mater from closing
Supporters of the school, formerly Catherine McAuley High School, are raising funds and will meet with the school board Monday to find out what prompted the surprise decision to close the state’s only private all-girls school.
Low enrollment leads Maine Girls’ Academy to ‘difficult and sad decision’ to close
The closure of Maine’s only all-girls private school stuns students, parents and alumnae.
Legislators vote to ease Maine’s proficiency-based education mandate, allow more ‘local control’
Rather than repeal the 6-year-old reform law altogether, the bill would let school districts choose between continuing proficiency-based standards or reverting to a traditional grading system.
Report: No adults saw Lewiston student struggle in the water before drowning
In the aftermath of the drowning of Rayan Issa, 13, Superintendent Bill Webster has ordered that no swimming be allowed on school field trips until the school board can develop a policy governing it.