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Updated: 8 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
A new lawsuit over Maine’s tuition reimbursement program for private schools contends an antidiscrimination law unfairly targets religious schools to prevent their participation.
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Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Joy Hollowell
David Bishop jokes he was Mr. Shaible before everyone knew the custodian character from Netflix's popular series "The Queen's Gambit"
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Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 6:19 PM EDT
|By Sierra Whaley
High school students who applied and were admitted got a closer look at their potential home away from home.
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Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Sierra Whaley
If you’re looking to exercise your brain, the 2023 Maine Science Festival will be the perfect opportunity!
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 6:18 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The annual Skills USA Competition returned to Bangor on Friday, with more than a thousand students from around the state competing in dozens of fields of study.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 1:07 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
An increase in enrollment at Maine’s community colleges has motivated lawmakers to consider the possibility of offering on-campus housing at the schools.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 5:21 PM EDT
|By Connor Magliozzi
Thursday saw the Maine Day Celebration take over the George B. Weatherbee school in Hampden.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 9:00 PM EDT
|By Tom Krosnowski
Ari Anghel of Windham was the big winner, rattling off 500 digits of Pi!
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 11:53 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
From heated basketballs to shoe cleaners, protectors for your braces and anti-clutter clothes hangers, there was no shortage of unique ideas.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 9:21 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Safa Zaki will succeed Bowdoin’s Clayton Rose to become the 16th president at the 229-year-old liberal arts college in Maine
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Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 6:33 PM EST
|By WABI News Desk
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Mattie Daughtry went before the Maine Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee Monday proposing a bill to provide ongoing funding for scholarships in the Maine’s Community College System.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 6:24 PM EST
|By WMTW
A new proposal before the Maine State Legislature could make college a lot less expensive for Maine high school graduates who attend the University of Maine.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:27 PM EST
|By Brian Sullivan
The University of Maine’s president offering a recap of the year that was and a glimpse into the future on Tuesday.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:07 PM EST
|By Kaddie Sharpe
New name, new approach!
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 6:13 PM EST
|By Connor Magliozzi
The Maine Discovery Museum is in the middle of one of its busiest times of the year.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 6:31 PM EST
|By Kaddie Sharpe
The gold medal in this year’s Winter Kids Games goes to the students at the Leroy H. Smith School in Winterport.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 7:18 PM EST
|By Mark Rediker
At the McGraw School Monday, students were able to watch a couple of short videos and even went home with their very own toothbrush, toothpaste, and floss.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 1:55 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Maine’s community college system has ended a requirement that on-campus students received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 8:15 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
Maine Equal Justice’s “Build HOPE Project” has provided $530,000 to more than 200 families over its first year.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 9:37 PM EST
|By Mark Rediker
Kids in Winterport are treated to a winter carnival as a way of learning.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 11:39 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
Republican lawmakers said it’s time to beef up security in Maine schools, either with armed security officers or by allowing teachers to be armed.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 5:12 PM EST
|By Connor Magliozzi
The University of Maine in Orono joined 10 other schools across the state for The Maine Broccoli Takeover hosted by food supplier Sodexo.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 12:29 PM EST
|By WABI News Desk
School was canceled at Mount Blue High School in Farmington Tuesday, after multiple threats were made against the campus Monday.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:40 PM EST
|By Alyssa Thurlow
In this day in age, having a strong understanding of technology is an essential skill.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 8:54 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
Activities included sledding, relay races, snow building and of course plenty of hot cocoa.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 5:41 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
The University of Maine is revamping its “Maine Day” celebration to closer resemble its original goals.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 11:40 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
The council voted 4-3 to move forward with the survey after extensive deliberation.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 5:48 PM EST
|By Brittany McHatten
Back in October, seventh grade science teacher Margaret Pietrak learned about NASA’s 2023 TechRise Student Challenge. There was just one problem.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 11:31 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
Officials say the hands-on work of UMaine students is shaping the future of the state’s economy.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 11:20 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
Teachers say their most recent proposal would increase pay to a locally-competitive level without raising taxes.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 8:35 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
RSU 34 Superintendent Matthew Cyr notes the process is still early and developing, but it’s out of necessity.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 9:48 AM EST
|By Connor Magliozzi
The Veteran’s memorial Library in Patten had been inside the town’s old Baptist Church for over 90 years.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 5:38 PM EST
|By Kaddie Sharpe
Knitting the fibers of yarn, and knitting the “fibers” of community.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 7:47 PM EST
|By Mark Rediker
The Viola Rand School In Bradley is spreading the holiday cheer.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 11:27 AM EST
|By Kaddie Sharpe
One local elementary school is taking building blocks for fun and creativity and making them the building blocks of community.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 6:13 PM EST
|By WABI News Desk
Gov. Janet Mills has awarded the UMaine System $475,000 to increase placement of social work graduates in rural communities.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 11:50 AM EST
|By WABI News Desk
Another Maine school is temporarily closing due to significant absences from respiratory illnesses.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 9:50 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
Superintendent Chris Downing adds the CDC indicates that the flu, covid-19 and RSV are spreading in the communities that make up RSU 20.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 6:29 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
A Newport business and local fifth graders are teaming up to spread some holiday cheer.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 5:57 PM EST
|By Connor Magliozzi
A Massachusetts woman who grew up in Bangor is getting international recognition for her work helping Holocaust survivors and their family’s piece together lost parts of their lives.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 5:33 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
The Bangor community continues to mourn the death of its former school superintendent.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 4:12 PM EST
|By WABI News Desk
TV5 has learned that Dr. Betsy Webb passed away Thanksgiving morning.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 6:31 PM EST
|By WABI News Desk
Kirsten Hibbard, the executive director of the Challenger Learning Center of Maine, has a refraction experiment you can do at the Thanksgiving table.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 6:23 PM EST
|By Kaddie Sharpe
Monday was a cause for celebration at the University of Maine campus in Orono as the world’s first bio-based 3D printed house was unveiled.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 5:16 PM EST
|By Connor Magliozzi
Husson University is launching a new online program at the start of the 2023 Spring Semester.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 9:59 PM EST
|By Kodichi Lawrence
The students developed fingerprints, foot ware impressions and gathered fibers and hairs for evidence with the help of Dr. Alicia Wilcox.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 6:20 PM EST
|By Morgan Sturdivant and WABI News Desk
Local, state and federal law enforcement were at schools around the state within minutes after active shooter threats.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 12:02 PM EST
|By WABI News Desk
Multiple schools around the state reported threats Tuesday morning.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 7:21 PM EST
|By Tom Krosnowski
She is launching an advisory task force to recommend solutions for ways to “re-envision” Maine Day.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:11 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Ellsworth High School band will embark on trip to Washington D.C. on Thursday to play for the entire nation.