The all-girls school founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1969 says that ending its Catholic affiliation next year will give its board more local control and ‘open the doors to other girls.’

The biomass plant going up at the University of Maine in Farmington will help reduce climate-changing emissions.

The prevalence of the sexually suggestive dance style has prompted the school to organize alternative activities, which one student says is ‘going to be lame.’

Third-grade teacher Talya Edlund is the only one at Pond Cove Elementary School who is surprised to learn she is the state’s top teacher.