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Education

2018

College student finds success with support program

Eight years ago Vanessa Royer left during her first semester as a student at the University of Maine at Machias (UMM) because of personal issues. At the time she could not have foreseen herself back at UMM successfully starting on her sophomore year in the bachelor of science nursing degree program.

2018

Expanded nursing initiative eyed by new head of campus at UMM

An expanded nursing education initiative is just one of the program areas that Andy Egan, the new head of campus and vice president of academic affairs at the University of Maine at Machias, is readying to implement.

2018

Robbinston revises tuition payment policy

A change in policy by the Robbinston School Committee to limit tuition payments for students who attend schools other than the Calais schools has upset some parents in the town. However, the Calais superintendent says the action was taken by the Robbinston board simply to save money.

2018

Lubec board nixes school budget four times

On June 14 the Lubec school board declined for the fourth time to pass the proposed school budget. Board member Wanda Matthews said that the budget as written is "quite an increase" and added, "There are ways we could have cut.

2018

Walk-in highlights students’ safety concerns in Calais

Perhaps one of the most disturbing trends in modern society is the increasing number of fatal shootings taking place at schools, including the February 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., which claimed the lives of 17 people. While the Parkland incident is the most recent to grab national...

2018

School districts eye boosts in state subsidies

Most area school districts received some good news with the release of preliminary state subsidy amounts on January 31. The subsidies are based on $1.

2017

Program to benefit CHS young women

Over the past 70 years the social landscape of America has shifted dramatically. The percentage of women involved in the workforce increased from approximately 30% to 50%, and the number of female national legislators rose from a virtually non-existent number in the 1950s to 19.3% of the members in