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June 7, 2015

Graduates to watch in the class of 2015

Meet 10 high school students whose journeys have included triumph, struggle and everything in between.
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June 7, 2015

By peddling tax plan, LePage hopes it has legs

The governor says, "Maine is on a three-legged stool. It's pretty stable – sit on it (and) it won't go forward, it won't go backwards; it doesn't move. But Maine has to get off that stool and get on a two-wheeled bike so we can pedal into the future and much more prosperity."
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June 7, 2015

Maine middle-schoolers build, race solar cars

The winning team – all sixth-graders at the Middle School of the Kennebunks – is the only one to be undefeated in all of its races.
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June 7, 2015

David Frye, Greater Portland Christian School

David Frye was a sophomore when he first felt the Holy Spirit help him share the word of God. He had an opportunity to preach before fellow students and faculty members at the Greater Portland Christian School in South Portland. It was during a weekly chapel service and he was nervous, but he embraced the […]
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June 7, 2015

Grace Fan, Falmouth High

Grace Fan realized the broader potential of her communication skills when she was chatting recently with a student from Cape Elizabeth High School. She also has come to recognize the healing power of communication in her own life. Fan met the Cape High student at a track meet. The girl mentioned the Facebook page that […]

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June 7, 2015

Alana Franklin, Freeport High

Alana Franklin doesn’t know exactly how old she is. Born in southern China, she lived in an orphanage in Guangzhou, a city of 14 million people, from the time she was 3 or 4 years old until she was adopted by a Maine woman 10 years ago. She was pegged as 8 years old then, […]
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June 7, 2015

Garrett LaFrance, Massabesic High

Garrett LaFrance was a sophomore heading into his junior year at Massabesic High School in Waterboro when he noticed a pattern. “Kids coming into the high school weren’t getting the best support,” said LaFrance, who lives in Alfred. “I noticed a bit of a divide between upperclassmen and (underclassmen). Freshmen, especially, are somewhat isolated because […]
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June 7, 2015

Keyly Martinez, Catherine McAuley High

Keyly Martinez was born in Portland, a daughter of hardworking immigrants from El Salvador. When she was a year old, her mother sent her to live with her grandparents in their Central American homeland. She returned to the United States in 2005, first to Massachusetts, where her mother had found work. She started third grade […]
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June 7, 2015

Mohamed Nur, Deering High

Mohamed Nur was in seventh grade when he first faced the challenge of being a person of color in a Maine classroom. The moment came one day in math class, when certain students at Portland’s King Middle School were summoned to the library to take an assessment test that’s given to English-language learners. Though Nur […]
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June 7, 2015

Kylie Reynolds, Kennebunk High

It’s telling that Kennebunk High School administrators recommended Kylie Reynolds for the Sunday Telegram’s annual “Graduates to Watch” feature even before they were asked. She’s a standout not only for challenging herself academically at school, taking both Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes, but also for her work in the community, caring for preschool children, […]