CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy will reopen its campus and resume some in-person courses beginning Aug. 31, college President William J. Brennan announced July 9. “Our faculty and staff have been working tirelessly to develop ways in which we can deliver a rigorous academic experience for our students while also prioritizing the health and safety …
BLUE HILL — For most of this year before the pandemic, 14-year-old Ian Bowden would catch the bus to George Stevens Academy. But on at least one occasion, “I missed my bus on the way to school — it came earlier than I was at the bus stop,” Ian said. “I was so frustrated because …
Husson University in Bangor has announced its spring 2020 president’s list. Students who make the president’s list must carry at least 12 graded credit hours during the semester and earn a grade point average of 3.80 to 4.0 during the period. The following area students were named to the list: Delia Rose Hallett, Bar Harbor; …
SULLIVAN — Voters will consider Regional School Unit 24’s proposed 2020-21 budget of $17.35 million — up 1.99 percent from last year —in the form of ballot questions at the primary election polls on Tuesday, July 14. Votes can be cast either in person or by absentee ballot. Instead of holding a district meeting, where …
ELLSWORTH — The University of Maine System (UMS) has entered into partnerships with The Jackson Laboratory and ConvenientMD to provide COVID-19 testing services, University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Chancellor Dannel Malloy announced Tuesday. Under the agreements, ConvenientMD will establish sites at each UMS university to gather samples and administer and report results. The …
SULLIVAN — The Maine Arts Commission is calling on Maine artists to submit proposals for artwork to beautify the future Charles M. Sumner Learning Campus, which will include a middle and high school in Sullivan. The total project budget for art is $44,850, awarded as part of the state’s percent for art program. Established by …
BLUE HILL — Community Compass, an organization of community members working to break the cycle of poverty on the Blue Hill Peninsula, will resume its bimonthly forums on Tuesday, June 30, from 4 to 6 p.m. via Zoom. Nicole Chaplin, director of the Head Start Services and Preschool Collaboratives, and Erin Merrill, director of development …
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has awarded $500 scholarships to Mount Desert Island High School 2020 graduates Katherine Hoff, Samuel Keblinsky and Rachelle Swanson. Established in memory of long-term bank employees and directors, the scholarships are awarded to local high school graduates each year to help offset the cost of attending college. Hoff, of Mount …
CASTINE — A partnership with The Jackson Laboratory and Guilford-based Puritan Medical Products is making it possible for graduating Maine Maritime Academy seniors to participate in a pier-side training exercise aboard the school’s training ship State of Maine. In May, the academy’s leaders announced the normal summer training cruises would have to be canceled. But …
SULLIVAN — Even in an era that’s seen large gatherings in tight spaces become taboo, Sumner Memorial High School still found a way to make graduation a ceremonious occasion. No, there were no packed gymnasium bleachers or mass tossings of caps this year, but this June day was no less important to Sumner seniors and …
ELLSWORTH — The exit could hardly have been more subtle. In the afternoon hours March 16, the day that would be the last of in-school instruction at Ellsworth High School ahead of the transition to remote learning, many at the school were preparing for what at the time had been announced as merely a two-week …
BLUE HILL — A senior parade organized by parents Amy Mattson, Christie A. Snow and Nikki Dennison will start at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds on Sunday, June 14, at 9 a.m. The procession of vehicles carrying George Stevens Academy seniors will go down to Main Street, up Tenney Hill to the rotary, right onto Beech …
