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School Notebook: June 24

Readers Ride connects students and horses in Brunswick Students in Midcoast Literacy’s Read Together tutoring program got up in the saddle for the very first time when Midcoast Literacy held its first Readers Ride fundraiser June 4. The students also got to take home a free, horse-themed book of their choice and a horseshoe to […]

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School Notebook: June 15

Telling Room students earn literacy awards Work by two Telling Room students received 2022 Maine Literacy Awards from Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Leigh Ellis won the Youth Competition in Poetry prize for “Squid Season.” Linh Nguyen was named the winner of the Youth Competition in Nonfiction for “Our Shared Language.” Other Telling Room finalists […]

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Coastal Journal Edition School Notebook: May 13

Terrific Teens Midcoast native honored as first-generation college student Jenna Roane, of Brunswick, has been inducted into Worcester, Massachusetts-based College of Holy Cross’ chapter of Alpha Alpha Alpha (Tri-Alpha) Honor Society, a national honor society recognizing the achievements of first-generation students, alumni, staff, faculty and administrators. Roane, class of 2024, was a member and officer […]

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Mainewhile: School crisis merits deployment of National Guard

This past winter, as our hospitals began to buckle under the strain of COVID, Gov. Janet Mills took a bold step and activated the National Guard to help. Guard members were deployed to hospitals across the state, temporarily taking over nonmedical duties to allow medical staff to focus their efforts, ensuring that communities continued to […]