Monday, May 20, 2013
Even as school officials have made cuts elsewhere and overall enrollment has declined by 3.6 percent since 2009-10, the number of children enrolled in pre-kindergarten in eight Augusta-area school districts has risen 11.5 percent, from 486 in 2009-10 to 542 this year.
The two-week "Buckle Up-No Excuses" campaign began today and runs through June 2.
The Freeport-based retailer informed employees today that L.L.'s great-grandson, Shawn Gorman, will be the new chairman.
Congress is preparing to debate major farm and food policy bills that would likely cut funding to programs used by many low-income Mainers but could separately provide a boost to Maine's thriving local foods movement.
The Regional School Unit 18 budget of $32,281,753 will be put before residents on Tuesday at the polls in the district’s five towns — Belgrade, China, Oakland, Rome and Sidney, with polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in each town.
Prices are now 21 cents per gallon lower than at the same time last year and a little more than a penny higher than a month ago.
Like the alewives themselves, the money traded for the fish is passed up and down the Sebasticook River and all along Maine's coast.
One of several tornadoes that touched down in parts of the nation's midsection on Sunday leveled a mobile home park in Oklahoma.
A Leeds teen was injured Sunday in a spectacular crash on Route 219 in Wayne that sent her sport utility vehicle hurtling end-over-end.
A stranger's gesture reminds me that in a world where so many bad things happen every day, there are people who are good and thoughtful and kind.
Hallowell and Maine Department of Transportation officials are inviting residents and business owners to a public forum Wednesday to learn more about the planned reconstruction of Water Street.
NHL PLAYOFFS: Big 2nd, 3rd periods lift Bruins
BOSTON (AP) -- Claude Julien wanted his Bruins to play more aggressively in the third period. The Boston coach got his wish with the help of some shaky defense by the New York Rang ...
BOOKS: Fears drive the satirical ‘Odds Against Tomorrow’
Mitchell Zukor is a disaster waiting to happen — and waiting for disasters to happen to himself and the rest of us.
Portland program clears path to college for immigrants City schools provide guidance for those unfamiliar with the complex system of SATs, student aid and more.
Case puts N.Y. police tactics on trial
The judge who presides over the trial says she treats the government as only one more litigant.
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