ELLSWORTH — Applications are currently being accepted for the Maine Community Foundation’s Patriot Education Scholarship Fund. This renewable scholarship supports graduates of a Maine high school who are enrolled part-time (minimum of nine credit hours) or full-time in pursuit of a business degree and who will be entering their freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior year …
ELLSWORTH — Maine residents over the age of 18 who are on a “road less traveled” and are seeking educational experiences that will change their life and the lives of people around them are invited to apply for a James and Marilyn Rockefeller Transition Scholarship. The next application deadline for the Rockefeller Transition Scholarship is …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR – “Marilyn, can you read the motion back to us?” asked Dan Norwood, chair of the Board of Selectmen. His request was met with laughter from the selectmen and residents who attended the Tuesday meeting. They were 40 minutes into a discussion about proposed upgrades to the playground at Pemetic Elementary School, which …
TRENTON — Trenton Elementary School this fall will become the first school in the Mount Desert Island Regional School System to have a prekindergarten program if voters at the May 15 town meeting approve funding for it. Voters will be asked to provide $58,000 in local tax money, roughly half of the anticipated first-year cost. …
BAR HARBOR — A resolution asking elected official at all levels to enact “common sense gun measures and other laws” to protect the “health, safety and security of students, teachers, staff and others” was adopted unanimously by the Mount Desert Island Regional School System (MDIRSS) board Monday night. The resolution, introduced by Caroline Pryor, was …
BAR HARBOR — None of the schools in the Mount Desert Island Regional School System (MDIRSS) will see any increase in health insurance premiums for next year. Budgeting for insurance coverage is always a guessing game because all of the schools must have their budgets finalized, or nearly so, before Anthem Blue Cross & Blue …
BAR HARBOR — People who have enjoyed taking their dog with them to a soccer or baseball game at Mount Desert Island High School or for a walk in the woods around the school are learning that their four-legged friends are no longer welcome. Officially, they haven’t been welcome for years. “That sign at the …
BAR HARBOR — The Bar Harbor (MDI) Rotary Club seeks nominations for its annual Golden Apple Award, presented annually to an MDI school system teacher or staff member. The club will select one outstanding educator from the MDI Regional School System based on community and administrator nominations. The awardee will receive a $1,000 honorarium. Nominations …
TREMONT — The town and school budgets approved by selectmen here last Monday translate into a 6 percent increase in property taxes. That’s an increase of $133 per year on a home valued at $250,000. The town’s mill rate would nudge up from 9.9 to 10.43. It’s a smaller increase than Town Manager Christopher Saunders’ …
