The School Committee will consider the superintendent’s selections for reorganization when it meets in August.
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Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
SMCC cuts four jobs, fearing loss of funding
School subsidies could drop by $550,000 if Congress fails to approve new money for Medicaid.
Hall School group told to halt own fundraising
Boosters of the Many Rivers program will join PTO efforts so the whole school will benefit.
Mainer among ‘most beautiful’ on Capitol Hill
Jessa Merrill, a Kennebunkport native, is particularly good at spotting Secret Service agents.
Island schools to study energy use
The Island Institute launches an educational program funded by Time Warner Cable.
Open wide and say … drilling, filling may spark dental careers
High-school students try their hand on simulators at UNE’s Exploration Camp.
New formula leaves some grads uncounted
Maine grapples with a federal way of calculating high school graduation rates as it focuses on raising its percentage to 90.
Trash problem shuts down Raymond Beach
The town says the beach on Sebago Lake has been abused as a ‘dumping ground.’
School Committee chairman won’t seek re-election
Peter Eglinton says he needs more time to spend with his family.
Human waste closes Raymond Beach indefinitely
Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies will patrol the area and violators will be prosecuted by the town.