Incumbent Rick Stubbert was elected to his third consecutive term on the board of Regional School Unit 18, and voters approved a new comprehensive plan for Oakland.
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Central Mainers cast ballots in record numbers during historic election
Long lines greeted voters across central Maine on Tuesday morning, with some people waiting more than an hour in freezing temperatures and light snowfall.
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Oakland church goes virtual, saying student who attended in-person tests positive for COVID-19
Jamie Dickson, senior pastor of Kingdom Life Church in Oakland, announced via Facebook video church services will go virtual because a college student who had attended in-person services tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
‘ShineOn Saturday’ girls soccer event held Oct. 3
Messalonskee High School Girls Soccer held its fifth annual “ShineOn Saturday” Oct. 3 at Pleasant Point Park in Oakland to honor former Messalonskee soccer player Cassidy Charette by hosting a girls youth soccer mentoring day. Charette was a leading Eagle mid-fielder and a youth mentor before she was killed in 2014, according to a news […]
Posted inMorning Sentinel, Schools and Education
RSU 18 reports single COVID-19 case associated with Oakland’s Messalonskee High School
Friday’s announcement happened to come as staff used in-service day for remote learning training and marked the fourth case associated with Regional School Unit 18.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Superintendent: Staff member of Oakland-based RSU 18 tests positive for COVID-19
Superintendent Carl Gartley said the staff member is not a teacher and already been out of school after learning of positive tests with close contacts.
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Maine CDC says no COVID-19 cases linked to controversial Oakland church events
The pastor of Kingdom Life Church says new safety measures are in place and the church is encouraging virtual attendance to its services, which are streamed online.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
COVID-19 cases linked to Sidney, Thorndike elementary schools
Regional School Unit 3 Superintendent Charles Brown and RSU 18 Superintendent Carl Gartley sent their communities a letter Monday notifying them of the cases.
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Saige Knight graduates from St. Lawrence University
CANTON, N.Y. — Saige Knight of Oakland was one of the nearly 465 students who were awarded bachelor degrees from St. Lawrence University conferred in May. Knight majored in psychology, and attended Messalonskee High School in Oakland.
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Oakland’s proposed comprehensive plan available to voters
Residents are to vote Nov. 3 on whether to approve the proposed comprehensive plan, which updates the 1995 plan.