TRENTON — The Trenton School Committee might reconsider its decision not to borrow from a fund that the Mount Desert Island Regional School System (MDIRSS) created to help individual schools that face “large expenditures … for certain out-of-district special education placements.” Such a placement is part of the reason the Trenton Elementary School budget that …
TRENTON – Firefighters from the Trenton, Ellsworth and Lamoine fire departments responded to a report of a chimney fire at a home on Bayside Road on Wednesday morning. Trenton Fire Chief Steve Corson said his department received a call at around 10:45 a.m. Once they arrived at the scene, responders saw smoke rising out of …
ELLSWORTH — When Jenn Fortier was in sixth grade, she read a book about a scientist named Eugenie Clark. Nicknamed “The Shark Lady,” Clark was a giant in the field of shark study and a pioneer in the use of SCUBA diving for research purposes. Fortier was hooked, and she immediately told her teacher about …
ELLSWORTH — Every Monday and Wednesday since 2015, 21-year-old Pauline Garcia has worked at the Down East Family YMCA’s Early Learning Center, where she looks after preschoolers as a teacher’s assistant. She reads books to the kids, sets up stations where they can play, helps them put their winter clothes on and keeps them focused …
