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3 Kansas City-area school districts vote to join Metropolitan Community College Voters in 5 other districts reject attachment Tyler Navas and last updated 2021-04-07 16:23:50-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Voters in three suburban Kansas City, Missouri, school districts decided Tuesday to Residents in the Liberty, Grain Valley and Oak Grove school districts will now be eligible for in-district tuition rates of $107 per credit hour, which are nearly half of the out-of-district tuition rate. “...

Sugarbush setting for colorful tale ELLSWORTH – Claire Ackroyd works as an independent organic farm inspector. For decades, the Orono horticulturalist has traveled this state seeing firsthand and verifying that Maine organic farmers meet national certification standards. Her work has taken her to northwestern Somerset County, where Franco-American culture runs deep. Where French is heard in some of the region’s maple syrup camps and logging operations along the Maine-Quebec border. Somerset...

The Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft Thompson Free Library shines spotlight on Maine authors Contributed • March 1, 2021 By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library DOVER-FOXCROFT — Characters are central to stories. But so is place. As we stare down a more hopeful March, the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft is highlighting writers who have etched a memorable sense of place — including distinctive pockets of Maine — onto their pages. Friday, March 5 at 3:30 p.m. TFL’s Ph...

Chamber “Lunch and Learn” hears cyber security topic By Alberta Stojkovic - For The Sentinel MOUNT GILEAD — Cybercrime and ways in which business can combat hackers and protect critical data were the subjects of the Morrow County Chamber of Commerce’s Lunch and Learn Tuesday, Feb. 16. Jeff Spain of Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) at Columbus State University introduced Rob Edwards and Kate McDonald of Maple Woods Enterprises. They spoke about the recent, unprecedented amount o...