More than 1,000 Carnegie libraries across the U.S., including 17 in Maine, will receive the money to mark the country’s 250th birthday.
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Posted inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Skowhegan girls soccer keeps wins coming in historic season
The River Hawks, who beat Messalonskee on Tuesday to clinch their first winning season since 2002, are 8-0.
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Oakland voters approve purchase of police body cameras, AI software
Voters signed off on the $126,000, five-year purchase contract with Axon at a special town meeting Wednesday.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors, Schools and Education
Maine students head outdoors for Life Happens Outside Challenge
The weeklong challenge, which begins Friday, motivates middle school students to spend more time outdoors, offering a chance to win cash prizes while fostering well-being in students and staff.
Posted inSports
Oakland native Nick Mayo shining in Japan, eyeing Olympics
Mayo, a 2015 graduate of Messalonskee, is in his fourth season with the Japan Professional Basketball League’s Hiroshima Dragonflies.
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Central Maine-area school staff members allege hostility, retribution from administrators
In an anonymous survey, more than 40 current or former employees in Regional School Unit 18 have raised concerns about working conditions and district leadership, but the RSU 18 board of directors has declined to accept the responses because they could not be verified.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education, Sports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
Oakland-area wrestling coach fired after allegedly assaulting student
The student’s family has sought a temporary protection from harassment order against Patrick Engleright following the alleged incident at practice Dec. 19 at Messalonskee High School.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Sports
Maine youth ice hockey is losing players. No one is sure how to stop it
The number of youth players in Maine is down 15% over the last 20 years.
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Maine welcomes New Year’s Day babies
Augusta, Lewiston, Portland and Bangor hospitals report their first deliveries of 2025.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Psychiatric evaluation ordered for central Maine murder suspect
Megan McDonald has been charged with knowing or intentional murder in the death of a 14-year-old boy found at her Sidney home.