Mask-wearing will be optional in Auburn schools

The School Committee adopted a plan for the reopening of schools Sept. 1.

Gould Academy shares pandemic strategy

UMaine System campuses now require masks for everyone indoors

The announcement by the state university system, to be reevaluated at the end of September, follows a similar move by Bates College in Lewiston and will affect thousands of students, faculty, staff members and visitors.

Texas school district sidesteps governor’s mask ban by adding them to its dress code

The Paris Independent School District announced that the district would include the masks in the dress code after its board of trustees expressed 'concern about the health and safety of its students and employees.'

Bath-area parents butt heads as school board reconsiders vote against mask requirement

The RSU 1 school board is slated to decide whether to adopt a universal mask policy on Monday.

Oxford Hills schools to start the year with masks

With some parents attending and speaking at SAD 17's school board meeting Monday night, others staged a sidewalk protest in an effort to rally support against masks in schools.

Bates College tells students, faculty and staff they must wear masks

Reversing fall plans, the Lewiston college tells its mostly-vaccinated community that high COVID-19 rates in Lewiston require a return to a mask mandate on campus.

RSU 73 board delays potential decision on mask mandate for August 19

Some staff and parents spoke in favor of masks while others wanted a choice.

Amid shouts and anger from parents, Skowhegan-area school board requires masks for first weeks of school

Parents demanded that the board respect their wishes to not require students to mask up when returning to school next month, but the board ultimately sided with the superintendent's recommendation to proceed with caution and begin the school year wearing masks.

After heated debate, RSU 16 opts to require masks in elementary schools

The three-town school district left it to parents and students in middle and high school to decide whether to wear face coverings.