The proposed school budget will increase 7.56% and the municipal budget will increase either 4.6% or 6.3%.
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Yarmouth High reopens with air quality monitoring a day after students faint
The school reopened Tuesday after fire department tests found no contaminants in the air. It’s unclear what caused three students, one of whom tested positive for carbon monoxide exposure at trace amounts, to faint.
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Wheaton runs to fill Yarmouth School Committee seat
John Wheaton is running to fill the remainder of David Ray’s term, who stepped down for health reasons.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Schools and Education, The Forecaster
Longtime Yarmouth school board member resigns over health concerns
The longtime committee member is undergoing cancer treatment and said he didn’t have the energy to continue to serve the school district.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Scarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry
Local parents’ pushback against smartphones picks up speed
The Turn the Tide Coalition, with members from throughout Cumberland County, seeks to put an end to phone-centered childhoods and get kids thinking creatively, playing and interacting again.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Abbott, Craig reelected to Yarmouth Town Council
Anne Fleming, Kellie Hall and Sarah Olivares win seats on the School Committee and voters Tuesday also approve the $39.3 million school budget.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth kids honored for effort to stop bird-window collisions at school
Yarmouth Elementary School has received an Award for Educational Excellence from BirdSafe Maine.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth School Committee candidates weigh in on restricting student access to controversial materials
The four residents running for the Yarmouth School Committee weighed in at a recent candidate forum on perennial topics like the budget and how they approach compromise, but they also fielded a question about allowing student access to materials that some parents may find objectionable. The question comes a few months after charged public conversation around […]
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Yarmouth town budget up 7.3%, with taxes up 9%
The Yarmouth Town Council voted to adopt this year’s budget at its May 2 meeting.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
New ‘live fire’ facility will improve training for WRVC students, county’s firefighters
Westbrook Regional Vocational Center expects $1.5 million in federal funding to build a “live fire” facility.