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Monmouth, Readfield-area school to go remote because of positive COVID-19 cases Those in grades 2 through 5 will go remote at Monmouth Memorial School and Maranacook Middle School will go remote. Both are set to return Jan. 19. Share Monmouth Memorial School students in second and fifth grade will be fully remote this week after a positive COVID-19 case was announced by school officials Sunday. Superintendent Tonya Arnold said on the Regional School Unit 2 website that all close contacts were ...

Read Article July Western Maine trails received $87,000 in grants with $30,000 granted to The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust to improve wayfaring in the trust’s 36 miles of trails. Trailhead signs and trail markers will be improved and an in-town trail between Rangeley’s Lakeside Park and the Rangeley Public Library will be constructed. “Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust has conserved more than 14,000 acres in the region for public access and the wayfinding system will be critical to keeping ...

Communication for Development Officer, NO-2, Baghdad, Iraq, #97368 (open to Iraqi nationals only) Job no: 537029 Location: Iraq Division/Equivalent: Amman(MENA) School/Unit: Iraq Categories: Communication for Development (C4D), NO-2 UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their full potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhe...

January  Three teams from Spruce Mountain Middle School were recognized for their accomplishments at the Maine FIRST LEGO League Championship held in December at the Augusta Civic Center. Members of ‘Just the Incredible 6’ won the Global Innovation Award and finished 10th in the robotic performance portion of the competition. The team Silent Bot Deadly took 11th out of the 28 teams in the robotic performance while Space Savers, a team of sixth graders were recognized with the Core Values G...

Central Maine Schools taking advantage of rapid COVID-19 testing Erskine Academy, Vassalboro Community School, Maine Central Institute, MSAD 53 and the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences among the local schools using Abbott rapid antigen tests. Share SOUTH CHINA — The coronavirus pandemic continues to run rampant across the state, but a handful of local schools are participating in an increased testing effort to help stop the spread. The Abbott rapid antigen COVID-19 tests are made for indivi...

Hallowell-area schools provide toys, food baskets for the holiday season Hall-Dale Middle School and High School students, with help from Temple Beth El and Granite Hill Church, compiled donations to fill 10 food and 16 toy baskets for families in towns served by the school district. Share Hall-Dale Middle School and High School students in the Jobs for Maine Graduates program wrap toys that were included in baskets given to 16 families in the school district. Photo courtesy of Jen Paisley H...

Dozens of Maine schools now using COVID rapid tests for students and staff The Maine CDC has distributed more than 4,000 rapid tests to K-12 schools since early November. Share William H. Rowe School nurse Jill Webber in her office in Yarmouth on Friday. The Yarmouth schools have received 160 rapid tests. Webber said the rapid tests help the schools immensely, and wishes she had more. “The efficiency and speed at which we can do the testing is going to reduce transmission in schools and the ...

Morrison Center "Its so incredibly comforting for the staff at the school," Jill Webber, a nurse at the William H. Rowe School in Yarmouth told NEWSCENTER Maine.  Rowe and other nurses across the Yarmouth School Dept. have already tested students and staff showing symptoms of the virus over the last couple of weeks. Compared to the traditional PCR test that often takes days to get results back, the Abbott kit uses a swab, card, and reagent to produce results in minutes.  "We have a kid come d...

Remote learning is changing snow days for some Maine school districts Some school districts are considering remote learning days instead of traditional snow days as the pandemic makes learning from home more common and accessible. Share Autumn, 7, and John Thibault of Westbrook speak with a reporter Wednesday outside Westbrook’s Canal School . Westbrook is considering having remote learning days in lieu of storm closures. “I think that’s OK,” said John Thibault. “I would love for her...

Read Article PERU — Dirigo Elementary School in Peru has been identified by the state as a COVID-19 outbreak site with six positive cases, Superintendent Pam Doyen said in a letter to students, families and the community. The cases include four students and two staff members, Doyen said Wednesday. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention school outbreaks are defined as three or more confirmed cases from different households within 14 days. On Dec. 9 Regional School Unit 56...