2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (169+ words) Paul Butler, formerly the principal of Bangor High School, has been promoted to assistant superintendent of Bangor schools. The Bangor School Committee unanimously approved Butler’s appointment at its Thursday night meeting. The administrative switchup comes at a transitional moment for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (394+ words) First Math Trail to open Sept. 14 CHERRYFIELD — Maine Discovery Museum invites the public to the opening of its first Meaningful Math highlight: The Math... First Math Trail to open Sept. 14 CHERRYFIELD — Maine Discovery Museum invites the public to the opening…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (299+ words) Maine's top court has stepped into a parental fight over religion, and the dad now has the last word. The state's Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court order giving father Matthew... Maine Court Lets Dad Decide on…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (868+ words) Supporters of teaching high school students "soft" skills such as communication, critical thinking and teamwork usually tout how they can help succeed in a job or even help students get into college. Starting this fall, there's a new, more tangible…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (295+ words) New facility expands TurbineOne's U.S. footprint as the defense technology company scales edge-first AI deployments and support for military missions T1 MachineWorks Opening in Old Town, Maine TurbineOne CTO Matt Amacker at T1 MachineWorks Opening TurbineOne Opens T1 MachineWorks in Old Town, Maine OLD…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (332+ words) 73 Harlow Street, Bangor, ME 4401|(207) 262-9125|Website Bangor Public Schools contains 10 schools and 3,434 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 20%. Also, 34.2% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools served by Bangor Public Schools is 79.2% white, 2.9% Black, 2.6% Asian or Asian…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (222+ words) “It’s exciting to follow Scholars as they make this important transition to college,” Davis Maine Scholarship founder Andrew Davis shares, “It’s a time when they begin to actualize their careers, gain independence from home, and expand their understanding of the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (595+ words) At a more than five-hour May meeting, Maine Maritime Academy’s board of trustees discussed how the school’s four-year graduation rate had plummeted to 34% — and how to raise it while facing long-lasting educational fallout from the pandemic. More than two months…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (218+ words) BANGOR — Wireless Zone®, the nation’s largest Verizon Wireless retail franchise, is hosting a Backpack Giveaway. On Sunday, July 26 from 1 to 4 p.m., the Bangor Wireless Zone location... BANGOR — Wireless Zone®, the nation’s largest Verizon Wireless retail franchise, is hosting a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (332+ words) In June of 2022, the Supreme Court disagreed, saying that if the state paid for a secular school option, it must also pay for the religious version. Like other cases in this sequence, the decision seemed to elevate the free exercise…...