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We know that because the state's teachers' union hates it -- and the Maine Education Association more often than not hates anything that promises improvements in the way our children are educated.

After two years of preparation, the directors of the proposed Cornville Regional Charter School say they are ready for fall classes with a minimum of 40 students in kindergarten through grade eight.

A 21-year-old driver was shaken up but unhurt Friday after she crashed into a barrier on an Interstate 95 overpass in order to avoid a collision with a vehicle that was traveling the wrong way on the interstate.

Gov. Paul LePage unveiled his education legislative agendaA Feb. 8A at the Somerset Career and Technical Education Center in Skowhegan.

A man accused of forcing a woman to have sex with him accepted an agreement to plead guilty to lesser charges on Wednesday.

Governor Paul LePage unveiled his education legislative agenda on Wednesday at the Somerset Career and Technical Education Center in Skowhegan.

SKOWHEGAN, Maine -- Governor LePage and Education Commissioner Steven Bowen have unveiled four new bills surrounding Maine's public and private schools, and they're drawing opposition from some education leaders.

Spectrum Generations' Meals on Wheels program needs a few good people to make food deliveries twice weekly to homebound seniors.

A *All workshops are offered free to parents/grandparents/caregivers/educators of children with emotional or behavioral health concerns 1-800-264-9224 Paige Cummings/Diane Bouffard, Regional Parent Support CoordinatorA 612-8996 "Seasonal Affective Disorder" Presented by: Paige Cummings/Diane Bouffard, Regional Parent Support CoordinatorA A Seasonal ... (more)

Waterville-based Kennebec Behavioral Health will buy Youth & Family Services Inc.

Nicole Schofield with her Jersey heifer at the Big E showing the water bowls the Little Beavers 4-H Club raised money to donate to the Maine Dairy Team.

The National Weather Service is warning of sleet and freezing rain in Oxford and Franklin counties tonight, into Friday morning.

Her son, Marine helicopter pilot Jay Aubin, had crashed and died in a sandstorm on the first night of the 2003 invasion.

The Winthrop Lions Club was honored recently with the official visitation of District Governor Tony Arruda of Stratton, shown in the photo, at left.

With the health and well-being of residents on the line, community members are redesigning the funding structure of their hospital in an effort to keep it running.

Raymond Phelps of Palmyra shows a photograph of his house located at 116 Oxbow Road in Palmyra to Judge Peter Darvin during his initial court appearance in Skowhegan on civil charges related to unauthorized additions to his home.

The following is a list of cases closed Jan. 12, 2012, to Jan. 18, 2012, in Augusta District Court: Herbert J. Ashby, 62, of Palermo, violating protective order Dec.

The grand opening was on Saturday. Pastor Richard Berry of the Trinity Evangelical Free church says it's the product of years of hard work.

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A Hallowell-based pyrotechnics company is awaiting the outcome of a vote at a special town meeting next month that will determine how consumer fireworks would be used in town.