The fire heavily damaged five apartments at the Perryman Village housing development Sunday.
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Richmond School Department strengthens high school graduation requirements
Officials have upped the minimum required credit-equivalents from 15 to 21 in the district’s first major policy shift away from Regional School Unit 2.
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A wrinkle in Maine flag debate: Popular old design isn’t the original
Both the House and Senate have passed a bill to allow Mainers to vote on restoring the 1901 design depicting a blue star and green pine tree as the state flag – determining what that would look like is the challenge.
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Meetinghouse Arts awarded grant to support ‘Community Self Portrait’ project
Meetinghouse Art in Freeport recently announced it has been approved to receive a project-specific $25,000 Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This matching grant will support the project “Our Town: A Community Self Portrait.” “The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to support a wide range of projects, including Meetinghouse […]
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Midcoast Literacy Readers Ride connects students and horses in Brunswick
Midcoast Literacy recently held its second annual Readers Ride fundraising event in partnership with Sable Oak Equestrian Center in Brunswick. Thanks to the generous support of 12 local businesses, students in Midcoast Literacy’s Read Together tutoring program — most of whom had never ridden a horse before — toured Sable Oak’s stables and got up […]
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Richmond resident awarded prestigious music scholarship
Elijah Huttman, of Richmond, has been named a Filene Music Scholarship winner at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. He is a graduating senior from Hall-Dale High School. Huttman was selected from a large field of applicants as one of 26 finalists. Scholarship winners are chosen annually from the finalists during the Filene Music […]
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MSAD 75 board names Heidi O’Leary interim superintendent of schools
Maine School Administrative District 75 has chosen its director of special education, Heidi O’Leary, to serve as its interim superintendent of schools for the coming academic year. The district’s board of directors approved O’Leary’s appointment in a 12-2 vote on Thursday, with board members Eric Lusk, of Harpswell, and Brandy Robertson, of Bowdoin, voting […]
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Brunswick coffee shop employees strike for second time
After voting to unionize in November, Little Dog Coffee Shop workers are on strike for the second time in two months, alleging continued unfair labor practices.
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Maine steps up use of yellow flag law to seize weapons from those in crisis
The law went into effect in 2020, but it wasn’t widely used until the state signed a contract to make the necessary medical opinions available via telehealth.
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‘Your class has brought us respect and admiration’: 156 graduate from Brunswick High
Brunswick High School’s graduating class completed 9,576 hours of community service, according to Principal Troy Henninger.