Ten persistently lowest-achieving schools must notify the state by Friday if they plan to apply for a share of $12 million in federal funding to pursue aggressive improvement plans.

PORTLAND – A push to change the way the city’s public schools offer sex education may force an overhaul of the district’s health curriculum, school officials said Monday. To save more than $200,000 a year, school officials plan to do away with the family living and human sexuality program after the 2010-11 school year and […]

The School Committee is looking to ensure long-term survival, possibly through community help and grants.

State Sen. Dennis Damon kicked off a historic year for the state, says the head of EqualityMaine.

On Tuesday, the Maine Department of Education will release academic achievement data for more than 500 public schools that were reviewed in the state’s recent effort to identify 10 persistently lowest-achieving schools. Education Commissioner Susan Gendron says she is providing the background data because several school officials, legislators and others asked for it. On March […]

State police say Patrick Dapolito and Kelly Winslow-Dapolito were married about six months when he shot her in the head on March 16 and left her body on land owned by his father in Upton.

Police say David Barrett took more than $5,000 in cash, credit cards, Social Security cards and prescription drugs from several homes in town.

Jobs and the economy were the hot topics for the five candidates for governor.

PORTLAND — A Westbrook woman who pleaded guilty in an adoption scam involving couples in New Jersey and California received a nine-month jail sentence Friday in Cumberland County Superior Court. In an agreement with prosecutors, Misty Sargent admitted to two counts of felony theft. She promised to give her unborn baby to three couples, including […]

Public comments on the scaled-back budget include an idea that teachers and others accept a pay freeze next year.