Dan Holman, a teacher at Maranacook Community Middle School, said at a school board meeting Wednesday that members of the Regional School Unit 38 board have not been given the results of a union-sponsored survey conducted earlier this year that are critical of the district’s administration.
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Neighbors Driving Neighbors receives $10K grant
Neighbors Driving Neighbors is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from Maine Council on Aging through Hannaford Supermarket’s Connection, Health and Equity Through Food (CHEF) program. CHEF was launched in 2023 to improve the health and well-being of diverse older adults through greater access to food and social connection. Neighbors Driving Neighbors’ mission is to […]
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Student Craft Institute inspires local students
DEER ISLE — For nearly 40 years, the Student Craft Institute has brought high school juniors and seniors from larger cities and small towns to some of the most remote parts of the state and coastal communities to campus for an immersive program. This year’s institute ran May 17-19. Instructors included Addison de Lisle […]
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Lilly Mushlit, Maranacook Community High School
Running is Lilly Mushlit’s favorite activity. She participates in indoor and outdoor track and cross country for Maranacook Community High School in Readfield and now plans to run in college at the University of New England. And, she has a visual impairment. Mushlit jokes that the impairment has made technology her best friend. It […]
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Belgrade camp hosts May the Fourth Be With You Grand Galactic Games
BELGRADE — Camp Bomazeen, a historic outdoor recreation site for generations of Scouts, became known as Planet Bomazeen during the first weekend in May to celebrate Star Wars Day, May 4. Scouting volunteers hosted nearly 100 Scouts for the May the Fourth Be With You Grand Galactic Games. Scouts competed in activities as individuals and […]
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Readfield woman seeks to match children grappling with illness with musical instruments
Ellen Bowman, now in remission after treatment for breast cancer, wants to connect children with critical illness with music to help them make sense of their anxieties and give them a creative outlet.
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Maranacook Community High School names top 10 seniors
Christian Dunlap has been named class valedictorian, and Casidy Tims salutatorian.
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Readfield-area voters pass $22.9 million school budget without any changes
Residents at the Regional School Unit 38 annual budget meeting voted to place the spending plan on the ballot for the June 11 referendum.
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Readfield-area school board passes $22.9 million budget
The RSU 38 board of directors voted Wednesday to approve a budget that raises school taxes on average 8.24% throughout the district, which includes Manchester, Mount Vernon, Wayne and Readfield.
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Readfield Community Library holds open house to celebrate renovations
What was once a one-room lending library is converted into a functional two-story library with a piano, a kitchen, a staff office and a meeting room.