WW reported on the Rose Fest’s dwindling financial resources and bleak outlook. Readers responded with a flotilla of ideas ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Students in Portland won’t be able to use their phones during the school day starting this fall. The ban on phones, smart watches, and other devices was passed unanimously by the ...

A watered-down bill extending unemployment benefits to striking public and private employees will need to once again clear ...

In the end, the curing efforts did not change the outcome of the race, after Multnomah County posted new vote totals late ...

More than 66 percent of voters supported the budget, which includes more staff for kindergarten classrooms and a new music ...

Tuesday night, the Portland School Board voted to ban them during school hours starting next year. After a back-and-forth debate about the wording of the policy and making amendments to it, the school ...

Portland voters approved a $172 million budget for the upcoming school year on Tuesday. The school budget will raise the ...

At the time of the incidents leading to his 2024 arrest, Bowers was also chairman of the Jay County Democratic Party.

The school board is gearing up to consider merging some schools and sunsetting the dual attendance zone at Jefferson High ...

The report ranks Maine in the bottom 10 states for K-12 education, dropping from 37th a year ago to 41st. According to the 2025 Kids Count Data Book, Maine's low ranking is based on low preschool ...

Portland voters elected retired teacher Jayne Sawtelle to an open school board seat and easily approved the school district's $171.8 million budget during Tuesday's municipal election. Sawtelle, 62, ...

The bell-to-bell ban that begins this fall received unanimous approval from the board but opposition from its student ...