Topsham police said Tuesday there’s no risk to the public after a death at River Landing Senior Housing Apartments. The heavy police response prompted several Topsham schools to tell students and staff to shelter in place briefly Tuesday morning. The department says it has a “person of interest” in custody after police responded to a […]
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Topsham elects new slate of Select Board, school board members
Voters sent Ann Callahan and Ryan Holmes to the Select Board, and Michael Timberlake, Mary Hobson, Kimberly Pacelli and River Khoriaty to SAD 75 School Board.
One man arrested as schools, colleges in Maine go into lockdown
Threats were made against students and staff at MSAD 75, Northern Maine Community College and several Skowhegan-area schools.
Topsham-area schools host active-shooter training Friday
Schools will be closed on Friday for a simulated active-shooter response training.
Transgender policy creates rift between parents, Topsham school board
A proposed policy change that would give transgender and gender-expansive students privacy to come out at school without informing parents makes some parents feel “out of the loop.” Others think it essential to student’s privacy and wellbeing.
MSAD 75 parents demand action to stop ‘escalating violence’ among students
Jessica Damon, of Bowdoin, told the school board that her son who attends the high school also feels “unsafe and insecure” following and incident involving Mt. Ararat High School students, as do several of his friends.
Local schools still grappling with pandemic-induced staffing losses
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit public school districts like the shockwave from a nuclear blast. No one was prepared to make the drastic, immediate changes to how educators, students and their families would interact. Time-tested teaching and communication methods had to be thrown out the window overnight for safety’s sake, and a slew […]
All four SAD 75 towns back $52.8 million spending plan
Voters approved the budget at the polls on Tuesday.
MSAD 75 board names Heidi O’Leary interim superintendent of schools
Maine School Administrative District 75 has chosen its director of special education, Heidi O’Leary, to serve as its interim superintendent of schools for the coming academic year. The district’s board of directors approved O’Leary’s appointment in a 12-2 vote on Thursday, with board members Eric Lusk, of Harpswell, and Brandy Robertson, of Bowdoin, voting […]
SAD 75 fiscal year 2024 budget gets initial approval from voters
The 158 voters from Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Harpswell and Topsham OK’d the $52.8 million budget, which will go to a referendum vote on June 13.
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