The Beyond 2020 strategic plan stresses more support for students and attracting and keeping quality educators.
June 2022
Posted inTimes Record
Wiscasset celebrates its first Juneteenth
Picnics, music, and stories highlight the day
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Lahaie Fund commits $15,000 to scholarship for Brunswick-based fire service training
The Lahaie Fund is announcing a commitment of $15,000 to the Peter L. Rines Memorial Scholarship for the Southern Maine Community College Maine Fire Service Institute training. The scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to those looking to attend the institute’s Fire Instructor Program or Fire Officer Program/ Academy, held at the college’s Midcoast […]
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Light turnout reported as voters decide legislative primaries, local elections
Watch pressherald.com for updated election results starting Tuesday evening.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: Let kids discover the true magic of summer
My social media is flooded with photos of kids I knew as babies, grinning from ear to ear beneath their tasseled caps, ready to leap into what’s next. Graduation season also heralds the arrival of that most anticipated moment – the last day of school. Is there any feeling so wonderful as the possibility of […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Life Unwound: Then and now, father always knows best
Dad. He was right. Maybe 40 years ago, as I trained for a marathon, my right hip started to ache. But I said, “I must run 10 miles this week, 12 coming up soon. I must push on.” Mid-run, my body would burn to quit. But no. My mind insisted: “Go. Take aspirin. Ignore the […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Christine Flowers: Condemn the nihilsm of abortion-rights activists
They’re fire-bombing pro-life pregnancy clinics. They’re defacing churches. They’re disrupting pro-life marches with threats of violence. And this is their reasoning: “If abortion isn’t safe, neither are you.” Those are the exact words written on the outside of a counseling center for pregnant women in Asheville, N.C., last week. Earlier, a Christian ministry in Buffalo, […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: The U.S. Constitution should be left alone
Jim Fossel, in his June 15 commentary, is right on. The little-known effort to hold a new Constitutional Convention is a danger to our democratic republic. As usual, Fossel blames progressive Democrats, but according to “The Hill” and Common Cause, right-wing Republicans are heavily behind this current threat to our Constitution. Nevertheless, the idea is […]