Education

A total of 42 out of about 450 registered voters in Robbinston, or less than 10%, turned out on March 9 to cast their ballots on whether to have the town's school system leave or remain with AOS 77.

The AOS 77 school board hired Kenneth Johnson of Marshfield as its new superintendent at a meeting on March 3 in Charlotte. Johnson's three-year contract is for a salary of $85,000 a year, plus health benefits. He will replace James Underwood, who is retiring.

Forty students sat in their chairs, some nervous, some excited, some calm, but all of them there because they had been hand-picked out of 160 applicants who underwent a series of tests to gain placement in the new St. Croix Tissue training program at Washington County Community College (WCCC).

On August 15 Maine Superior Court Justice Robert Murray ordered the removal of the lis pendens, or "suit pending," status of the Boat School in a lawsuit filed by Eastport residents Phyllis Bradbury and David Gholson against the City of Eastport...

At the September 30 meeting of the AOS 77 school board, Superintendent James Underwood announced his plans to retire next May.

As a sign of the budgetary times, Shead High School Principal Paul Theriault will take on the additional duties of principal of the Eastport Elementary School. "It's not even close to ideal, but times have changed..."