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SAD 4 board approves near $9. 6 M budget
48+ min ago (723+ words) GUILFORD " The SAD 4 Board of Directors gave its approval to a $9, 574, 394 budget for 2026-27 during a meeting on April 14 at Piscataquis Community Elementary School. The directors also set the annual district budget meeting for 7 p. m. on Thursday, May 21 at PCES, with a…...
FAME launches new webpage to improve Mainers" financial skills
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (294+ words) AUGUSTA " April is Financial Literacy Month and what better time to roll out new financial wellness resources. According to the Pew Research Center, only half of the adults in America believe they have a good handle on their personal finances....
Maine author teaches kids about writing through Allagash Wilderness Waterway tales
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (744+ words) By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff A roomful of fidgety second graders fell silent when wilderness author Tim Caverly started the ghostly tale of a 150-year-old lumberjacks" boarding house along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. When he writes, it"s…...
Cellphones will be banned in Maine schools this fall
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (157+ words) By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Along with $300 relief checks, a millionaire tax and free community college gaining permanent status, the state budget signed by Gov. Janet Mills on April 10 includes a ban on cellphones at schools during regular…...
Southern Aroostook high schools weigh consolidation
1+ week, 3+ day ago (894+ words) By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff A southern Aroostook high school consolidation could meld technical and traditional education to better prepare students for the workforce, school officials said. Superintendents in the Hodgdon and Houlton school districts shared more on…...
Griffith named 2026 UMaine valedictorian
1+ week, 4+ day ago (879+ words) ORONO " Ruth Griffith of Parkman, who is majoring in economics with minors in mathematics and international affairs, is the 2026 University of Maine valedictorian. She was also valedictorian of her class at Piscataquis Community High School in 2022. Biomedical engineering major Isabelle…...
SAD 46 officials developing 2027 budget
2+ week, 2+ day ago (638+ words) DEXTER " SAD 46 officials are in the midst of putting together the budget for the 2026-27 academic year." The school board's budget committee met the previous two Wednesday evenings, Superintendent Kevin Jordan said during an April 1 board meeting at the Ridge View…...
Se Do Mo Cha recognizes student perseverance
2+ week, 5+ day ago (283+ words) DOVER-FOXCROFT " The Se Do Mo Cha School hosted a special assembly on March 30 to recognize students in kindergarten through grade 8 who demonstrate perseverance as the month's Student in the Spotlight honorees. A student from each grade was selected by teachers,…...
Dexter Regional High School March Students of the Month
2+ week, 6+ day ago (65+ words) Piscataquis Observer Username or Email Address Dexter Regional High School March Students of the Month Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife releases 2025-2035 Maine Wildlife Action Plan State senate rejects bill to establish direct state oversight of probate judges 3 co-workers are running…...
UNE and Tufts medical students learn firsthand the challenges, rewards of rural health care
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (822+ words) DOVER-FOXCROFT " University of New England medical student Patrick Fitzhugh (D. O. , "29), already had a sense that he wanted to practice medicine in a rural area, a place where he and his fianc" could also start a farm. But the hospitality, thoughtfulness and…...