Gov. Janet Mills joined state and local lawmakers at Westbrook High School on Wednesday to celebrate a new statewide ban on cellphones in Maine schools.
The Maine Department of Education named 16 County Teachers of the Year on Friday in Augusta, narrowing a field of more than 500 nominees for the 2026 program. The group will now move on to the statewide selection process this summer, with the 2027 Maine State Teacher of the Year to be announced this fall.
On Maine Day, around 500 volunteers gathered at the University of Maine’s Memorial Gym for the annual Maine Day Meal Pack Out. This year, the student-operated initiative packed 80,000 meals in just three hours.
The Bangor School Department says it will temporarily close one of its schools next year after asbestos was discovered in the ceiling, according to Community Outreach Director Ray Phinney.
A federal judge has partially blocked an Augusta school board policy that limits what people can say during public comment, finding that parts of it likely violate the First Amendment.
The governor and senate majority leader Teresa Pierce will be joined by USM students preparing to enter Maine’s education workforce who will benefit from the increase.
South Portland School Board chair Rosemarie De Angelis told our media partner WMTW that letters went out to school employees on Wednesday, notifying them that 70 jobs would be cut — including 30 teaching positions.
The school hosted its first-ever career day, giving students a chance to hear directly from professionals in fields like law enforcement, the military, and healthcare - among others.
The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Lori Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, said she wanted to propose this type of legislation after hearing that teenagers were dying by suicide after messaging with chatbots.
Gov. Janet Mills recently introduced a revised proposal that would make Maine’s free community college scholarship permanent through the supplemental budget.
While Wabanaki Studies has been required in grades K through 12 for more than two decades, advocates say implementation has lacked structure and consistency.
Central Maine students traded their typical classroom for Wesserunsett Lake on Friday, participating in an ice fishing event designed to get kids outdoors during winter months.
A public hearing is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Thursday in front of the Judiciary Committee for the bill which is titled “An Act to Prohibit the Disclosure of Nonpublic Records Without Proper Judicial Review.”
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is awarding the Maine Sea Grant program at the University of Maine $1.4 million for lobster research and outreach.
According to school protocol, if a non-local law enforcement officer comes to a school or office, they should be greeted at the door or spoken in the school reception area or office. They should not be allowed past this point.
When you think of jobs in the aviation field, your mind might go straight to flying the plane. But, there's much more to the industry, and there's a shortage of those jobs in Maine.
Entries are now being accepted for the 2026 Maine Constitution Poster and Essay Contests. The Secretary of State’s Office says the contests are a way to promote Maine history and democracy.
The revision includes its policy on transgender students and whether they should be able to use bathrooms and participate on sports teams that match their gender orientation.
University leaders say the school received a more than $3.5 million estate gift from Linda Zillman, including a record-breaking investment in the UMaine Honors College.
It may not be something often thought about, but the study of microscopic biological tissues found in humans, animals, or plants, otherwise known as Histology, dates back centuries.
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