AUGUSTA — It has been almost 15 years since Jerry Greenwell Jr., a lively 23-year-old with a bright future, woke up with what seemed like the flu. His condition worsened quickly as rashes appeared on his legs and his ability to walk vanished. In no time, he was at the emergency room in critical condition. […]
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School nurses in more demand for mental health issues
WINTHROP — On a recent morning, Rachel Miville was focusing on the health needs of at least eight children. At one point, Miville received a visit from two JV basketball players at Winthrop High School, a boy with a swollen ankle and a girl with an inflamed toe, who both worried they’d miss their games […]
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Racial diversity expanding in schools
LEWISTON — Pointing to the words on the page, Ja’Syiah Doyle reads out “I … am … a … CROC-odile!” then tips her head sideways and turns on her megawatt grin to kindergarten teacher Lynn Adams. “Beautiful! That’s right,” Adams tells her. Across the table, Jaycob Costello takes his turn: “Ba … Ba …. Big!” […]
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State funding for Maine’s public schools declined 9 percent from 2008 to 2015
Local residents have been picking up an increasing portion of education costs in Maine in the years since the recession, according to an analysis of state budget documents by a think tank in Washington, D.C. State funding for Maine’s K-12 public schools declined 9 percent between 2008 and 2015, says the report, released Wednesday by […]
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Auburn approves grades 7-12 monthly early release
AUBURN — With parents again objecting, the Auburn School Committee approved monthly early-release days for grades seven through 12. The change will start next year with the 2018-19 calendar. Students will be released two hours early, at noon, nine times next year. Last year, the proposal was for weekly early-release days for those grades. That […]
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Teachers may lose $250 tax break under GOP plan
To help defray some of the costs teachers often bear to get supplies for their classroom, Sen. Susan Collins authored a law 15 years ago that allowed them to take a tax deduction of $250 for their expenses. Last year, the Maine Republican succeeded in making the teacher tax deduction permanent so it wouldn’t have […]
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Jim Handy introduces bill to restore student health centers in 15 schools across the state
Maine lawmakers will take up a bill in the next legislative session to unwind the impacts of a last-minute state budget deal that slashed funding unexpectedly to more than a dozen school-based student health centers. The proposal by Rep. Jim Handy, D-Lewiston, would restore 15 school-based health clinics that lost funding last July. Thousands of […]
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Lewiston-Auburn students talk merger
Once the debate got going on whether Lewiston and Auburn should become one city, Michelle Crowley’s mock trial class at Lewiston High School was anything but quiet. Lennon LaBelle, foreground, disagrees as Matt Hird, standing, makes a point. LaBelle and Hird are against the consolidation of the two cities. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) Editor’s note: The […]
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Susan R. Gammon
LEWISTON — Susan R. Gammon, 71, of Canton passed away to a life with no pain on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Androscoggin Hospice House. She was born July 19, 1946, in Farmington to the late Frank Cox and Mary Moulton. Along with her brothers, Mike and Tim, she was raised in East Livermore. On December […]
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UMaine system dropping of tuition, fees for some students at 4 campuses
The University of Maine System is eliminating out-of-pocket tuition and fees at four of its campuses next fall for any first-year Maine student who qualifies for a need-based federal Pell grant. The new financial aid program will be available to students at University of Maine at Presque Isle, Fort Kent, Augusta, and Machias, officials said […]