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Old-school playoff football in the rain and mud Friday. Orono and Yarmouth are your 8-Man regional champs. Full Friday scores from across Maine.
Championship Saturday in Maine soccer: ten gold balls handed out across Classes A, B, C, D and 8-Person. Congrats to every team that left it all on the field.
Fifteen students graduated Thursday from a Maine-based training program designed to prepare workers for careers in logging and forest trucking. The Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking Program held its graduation ceremony Nov. 5 at Kennebec Valley Community College's Alfond Campus in Hinckley, according to the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast.
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - The Maine Association of Independent Schools and seven Maine private schools are suing the Maine Department of Education over new special education regulations that they say will have a “significant effect” on the safety of students and staff. Foxcroft Academy and Washington Academy are...
HINCKLEY, Maine (WABI) - After the conclusion of a 20-week program, students from the KVCC logging program will soon be entering their new “office” in the woods. The 10th graduation ceremony was held near the Harold Alfond campus farm Thursday afternoon, recognizing 15 new graduates from Kennebec Valley Community College’s Mechanized Logging and Forestry Trucking Program.
AUGUSTA, ME (WGME) - Nearly 200 students took over the state house for Maine YMCA Youth & Government Program. It comes just days after Mainers cast their ballots for the midterms. Lonney Steeves, Director of Maine YMCA Youth and Government Program, says the program helps give students an idea of...
FAIRFIELD -- The #4 Fryeburg Academy Raiders upset the #1 Lawrence Bulldogs 20-13 in the Class B North semifinal game on Friday night. Midway through the first quarter, it was the Raiders getting on the board first when quarterback Marcus Sutton dumped the ball off short to Lars Bruhn, who took it the rest of the way for the game's opening touchdown, giving Fryeburg a 6-0 lead.
DOVER-FOXCROFT -- #4 ranked Foxcroft Academy defeated #5 ranked Wells by a score of 22-8 in the Class C football quarterfinals. The Ponies started the scoring on a long opening possession, helped by a big run from their quarterback Evan Seavey brining them all the way to the one yard line, where Seavey would score on a sneak two plays later. The Ponies led 8-0.
Windham Christian Academy’s varsity coed soccer team played over 100 minutes against Oxford Hills Christian Academy in the Maine Christian School Sports League Championship game at Edward Little in Auburn on Thursday, Oct. 29. After regulation play was over, the game was tied 1-1. Windham Christian Academy kept up their intensity for two 15-minute overtimes and the game came down to penalty kicks as Oxford Hills won, 2-1.
The Crusaders are 16-0-1 headed into the match with South champ Cape Elizabeth, 15-1-1.
Qualified students must have at least a 3.0 high school GPA, an adjusted gross family income of less than $80,000 and live in Aroostook County.
The University of Maine asked 158 faculty members at its campus in Orono and regional campus in Machias this week if they would consider retiring voluntarily in a move to address a steep budget shortfall.
The finding comes from a Higher Education Research Institute survey administered in April.
BAR HARBOR—For two weeks, the nonprofits and businesses of Bar Harbor helped the students of Conners Emerson School and their families find other things to do that didn’t include going to classes with their teachers. That’s because for those two school weeks—October 26 through November 6—the students, teachers,...
The high school football playoffs are in full swing with all six classes involved.
WALDOBORO, Maine (WABI) - Medomak Middle School in Waldoboro is moving to remote learning for several days after multiple bedbugs were discovered at the school. In the letter, RSU 40 Superintendent Daniel Welch said that the decision was made “out of an abundance of caution,” and announced that the school would be arranging professional treatment to target the bugs.
The Ponies square off against the Winthrop High School Ramblers at 3:05 p.m. at Edward Little High School in Auburn.
"While we understand that this news may be unsettling, we want to reassure families that there is currently no indication of an infestation at our school," a letter from the superintendent and principal read.
With Tuesday's vote, residents of RSU 63 communities agreed to consolidate students in two buildings.
Bob Beatham, Andrew Hart, and Lucas McNelly all went 9-1 in Week 9 of the Eastern Maine Sports high school football picks. The group would go 8-2 vs the consensus. Aaron Howard is trying to hold off the field, as he sits in first place overall by two games over Beatham and Brian Salsbury. Michael Savage is just three games back.
