Allegations that the staff failed to give the boy his medication and broke his teeth in a scuffle add to scrutiny of the juvenile detention center.
2018
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath high school alumnus donates $50K to launch music fund
BATH — Allen Commeau’s life has taken him far from Morse High School, where he graduated in 1962. But the school and its community are never far from his mind. Now living in Santa Rosa, California, Commeau is donating $50,000 to launch a Music Enrichment Fund at the school. The endowment will pay for scholarships […]
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Posted inNation & World
Students at thousands of U.S. schools walk out to protest gun violence
Some schools applauded the students for taking a stand a month after the massacre at a Florida high school, while others threatened the protesters with punishment.
Posted inMaine
‘If we do nothing, more will die’: Maine students join gun protest
The snowstorm didn’t stop hundreds of students from joining the national walkout with rallies in downtown Portland and at schools across the state. More protests are planned for today.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Harpswell to demolish Mitchell Field water tower
HARPSWELL — After years of discussion, the water tower at Mitchell Field will be demolished. The tower’s fate was sealed at Town Meeting March 10, when voters also returned David Chipman to a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen and re-elected Joanne Rogers a director of School Administrative District 75. The 231 voters also approved […]
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Latest nor’easter pushes Maine schools into snow-day deficit
With so many classes canceled because of weather, some districts are considering longer school days or Saturday classes to avoid adding days at the end of June.
Posted inNation & World
Gun-trained teacher accidentally fires gun in classroom, injuring student
A male student was struck in the neck by ‘debris or fragmentation’ when the gun went off, police say.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: The problem of dealing with a vanishing ability to reason
Serious people have to stop worrying about appearing to be fair to those not interested in facts.
Posted inNew England, News
Boston police wagon gets stuck in snow; man dressed as Queen Elsa comes to rescue. Watch.
‘My neighborhood is a little colorful,’ says the man who captured the scene on video.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Democrat holds narrow lead in Pennsylvania congressional race
Regardless of the outcome, Conor Lamb’s showing in a district that Trump won by 20 points in 2016 is sure to stoke anxiety among Republicans nationwide.