WINTER HARBOR — David Crandall, the newly appointed principal of the Peninsula School who will officially begin work July 1, may be one of the few principals who can list AWACS weapons director on his resume.
BLUE HILL — When Blue Hill Consolidated School chose Africa as its yearlong theme, students explored ways to bring alive and learn more than just facts about the distant continent.
BUCKSPORT — As always, hilarity earned major points with the judges at the ninth annual Mr. Bucksport competition.
SULLIVAN — Registration for children entering kindergarten from the towns of Sullivan, Sorrento and Franklin will be held Thursday, April 2, and Friday, April 3, at the Mountain View School. Children must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15.
WINTER HARBOR — The Acadian Community Woman’s Club will award two $750 scholarships to graduating seniors, alumni or adults continuing their education beyond high school.
ELLSWORTH — Most teenage boys dread the thought of riding in a police car.
BLUE HILL — TK Vu, a junior at George Stevens Academy, earned an invitation to compete in the state high school individual chess championship with a 3-1 score on first board during the State Scholastic Chess Team Championships March 7.
ELLSWORTH — A handful of Ellsworth High School students spent a few recent weekends caring for their own computerized baby dolls, which are programmed to cry intermittently.
SULLIVAN — Over the course of a three-hour meeting Tuesday night, the newly formed Regional School Unit 24 selected an assistant superintendent, a business manager and a principal for the Peninsula School in Winter Harbor.
ORONO — On Saturday March 7, the Maine State Scholastic Chess Team Championships were held in the Student Union at the University of Maine at Orono. Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School walked off with two first-place trophies and a second-place trophy in the three divisions.
