Area schools earn grants to fund outdoor learning projects

LEWISTON — The Maine Environmental Education Association (MEEA) distributed mini-grants to teachers all over the state as part of a grants program supporting outdoor learning. The program allowed teachers to apply for up to $1,500 to fund their outdoor learning projects, from projects like building picnic benches for classrooms, creating mud kitchens for young kids, […]

CMCC gets hardware supplies donation

Mt. Abram High School announces honor students

SALEM — Mt. Abram High School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter. High Honors — 93 or above in all academic subjects: Grade 12: Joshua Ireland, Clara Logan, Trenton Reed, Patrick Storer, Camryn Wahl, Hunter Warren. Grade 11: Sara Galusha, Emily Marden, Wyatt Sieminski, Caleb Thibodeau, Cameron Walters. Grade 10: Josey Arms, […]

Cartoon for Friday, Dec. 4

Maine Expansion Arts Fund awards $59,000 in grants

ELLSWORTH — The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Expansion Arts Fund has awarded 13 grants totaling $59,250 to support indigenous, ethnic or rural arts programs or projects, particularly those that serve areas with limited access to arts events. Area grant recipients include: Bethel Area Arts & Music, to install a large-scale, public art mural inspired by […]

Leonard Pitts Jr.: It is time for us to break our addiction to Trump

Dear Colleagues: Well, that was . . . normal. President-elect Biden slips while playing with his dog on Saturday and has to go to the hospital, where he is diagnosed with hairline fractures in the bones of his foot, necessitating a few weeks in a walking boot. The information is released in a businesslike and […]

RSU 16 youth is Minot’s November student of month

Community briefs for Friday, Dec. 4

Marine Corps League to hold session LEWISTON — Marine Corps League Central Maine Detachment 810 will host its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Lewiston Armory, 65 Central Ave. All Marines, FMF Corpsmen and Navy Chaplains are invited. Anyone interested in Marines Helping Veterans is also invited to attend.   VFW […]

Austin Bay: Merry Christmas, Hawaii: U.S. missile defenses just improved

Hawaii can rest a bit easier this Christmas, thanks to another successful Missile Defense Agency anti-ballistic missile test. On Nov. 16, an SM-3 Block IIA (SM3) missile fired by a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, the USS John Finn, destroyed an “ICBM-representative target” as it plunged toward Hawaii. The SM3 is a kinetic interceptor, hit to […]

Maine Agricultural Trades Show to go virtual in 2021

AUGUSTA — The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s (DACF) 2021 Maine Agricultural Trades Show (ATS) is scheduled for Tuesday to Saturday, Jan. 19 to 23. The five-day all-online show will feature a mixture of live and pre-recorded presentations and forums on agricultural and forestry issues, sessions for ag producer groups, exhibitor showcases and networking […]