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Festival musicians and performers gather at grand finale, awarded for their work across various categories.

Patience. Independence. Adaptability. Gratitude. Acceptance. Some people need their whole lives to learn these things. Others learn them sooner, rather than later. And then there are some who learn them even earlier than most. When it comes to that last group, graduates of the Class of 2021 come to mind. As their junior year wound down and their senior year started up, they were hit with something a whole lot more surprising than some pop quiz. They were confronted with the COVID-19 pandemic, a subject unlike those with which their predecessors in recent generations had to contend. In addit...

Wells High School's Class of 2021 will graduate on Friday, June 4.

Briefs Students honor workers for service during pandemic Students of St. John’s Catholic School recently took to the streets to spread some joy and to thank the many area businesses for their effort and energy in continuing to provide service to the community during the pandemic. The children created paper hearts, with inspiring messages of gratitude, which they then taped on storefronts and doors in the downtown area. Their actions, that were part of Maine Catholic Schools Week, were inspired partly by Portland’s own St. Valentine’s Bandit, who annually and anonymously, tapes hearts u...

High school wrestlers in Maine bitter about lost opportunities The vast majority of states are offering interscholastic wrestling this winter, but Maine wrestlers cannot even scrimmage against teammates during practices because of pandemic safety precautions. Share Since his freshman year, Noble High’s Josh Cote had set a goal of becoming the first four-time state champion in the school’s historic program. Now a senior, he won’t get the chance because of the coronavirus pandemic. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Were it not for the coronavirus pandemic, Noble High senior Jos...