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Education

Retired Teachers To Meet Nov. 8

ELLSWORTH — The Hancock County Retired Teachers Association will meet Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 11:30 a.m. at Jasper’s Restaurant.

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Monday, October 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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RSU 25 Board Discusses Impact of Verso Layoffs on District

BUCKSPORT — The Regional School Union 25 Board met Tuesday at the Bucksport Middle School and had a brief conversation about the impact of the…

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Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 10:08 am

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School Consolidation will get Vote

TREMONT — Voters will get a say on the fate of any future consolidation efforts between the K-8 schools in Tremont and Southwest Harbor, school…

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 3:58 pm

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“Ready by 21” Prepares Deer Isle-Stonington Students for the Real World

DEER ISLE — Students in a late-morning class last week were busy heating pans, beating eggs and grating cheese.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 3:49 pm

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Organic Farming Talk Slated at COA

BAR HARBOR — Researchers from one of the top institutes focused on organic agriculture will be offering a talk at College of the Atlantic on…

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 3:48 pm

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Poteet offers Lecture

BAR HARBOR — Do Americans have a “right” to a college education? What are public perceptions of financing higher education? Dr. Daniel Poteet will address…

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 11:55 am

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Blue Hill Consolidated School on Federal Monitor List for Math

BLUE HILL — The Blue Hill Consolidated School has been placed on “monitor” status for math for not making what the federal government describes as…

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 11:08 am

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Trenton Native named to Dean's List

David Palazola of Trenton has earned placement on the dean’s list for the summer semester at Berklee College of Music in Boston. For more community…

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 3:51 pm

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Class helps Students Charting a course to the Future

A navigation class at the Tremont Consolidated School could be helping students chart their way to a diploma.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 9:50 am

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COA professor wins Fulbright

BAR HARBOR —David Feldman, faculty member in math and physics at College of the Atlantic, has received a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture in Rwanda…

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Monday, October 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm

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Lego Engineering Club Meetings Set

ELLSWORTH — A 4-H Lego Engineering Club for homeschoolers, the Megabuilders, meets every Thursday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the former Bryant Moore School,…

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Monday, October 17, 2011 at 1:39 pm

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MDIBL receives Education Grant

BAR HARBOR — The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) has been awarded an $84,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to expand its environmental…

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Friday, October 14, 2011 at 9:58 am

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New COA President eyes free Tuition

BAR HARBOR — The new president of College of the Atlantic (COA) officially launched his administration Sunday with an ambitious call to make the college…

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Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 2:05 pm

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Acadia Senior College Talk Set

BAR HARBOR — Do Americans have a right to a college education? What are public perceptions of financing higher education? Daniel Poteet will address these…

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Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 2:03 pm

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COA formally Invests new President

BAR HARBOR — Darron Collins, College of the Atlantic’s seventh president, will be formally invested on Sunday, Oct. 9, with ceremonies attended by COA students,…

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Thursday, October 06, 2011 at 4:20 pm

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School Chief blasts ‘No Child’ ratings

BAR HARBOR — “Flawed,” “unfair” and “wrong” are among the words Mount Desert Island Regional School System (MDIRSS) superintendent Rob Liebow used Tuesday to describe…

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Thursday, October 06, 2011 at 3:16 pm

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