The senior has been entrenched in the soccer, basketball and baseball starting lineup for every game but one in his four years. It’s no coincidence Monmouth has enjoyed a great deal of success in all three sports with the perennial conference all-star in the lineup. But on Saturday, Richardson will be playing in his first […]
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Maine Maritime asks Legislature for $1 million to restore the schooner Bowdoin
AUGUSTA — The state’s official sailing vessel, the schooner Bowdoin, is in need of about $2.6 million in renovations, according to the ship’s keepers at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Capt. Andy Chase, a professor at the academy and former captain of the ship, has helped raise $1.1 million in private funds for the renovation. […]
Laurel Mills launches latest book of poetry
WILTON — Wilton Academy graduate Laurel Lothrop Mills launched her fifth book of poetry this month filled with love for her daughter, Beth. Mills is a 1964 graduate of Wilton Academy and a retired English senior lecturer at the University of Wisconsin at Fox Valley. She now devotes her talents to writing. Along with the […]
Sale of obsolete ships leads to $1 million donation to Maine Maritime Academy
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy was one of seven maritime academies in the country to each receive a $1 million donation from a government program that recycles obsolete vessels, the Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. The money came from the sale of vessels from the Maritime Administration’s National Defense Reserve Fleet, a fleet of 120 […]
$10K gift allows St. Dom’s to buy iPads
AUBURN — A surprise donation a few days before Christmas is allowing Saint Dominic Academy to buy iPad mini tablet computers for students in elementary classes, Principal Donald Fournier said Thursday. On Dec. 20, a husband and wife came to see Fournier, expressing their wish to give the school $10,000 to be used for a specific […]
New Lee Academy headmaster looks to maintain school’s progress, improve F grade
LEE — When Bruce Lindberg became Lee Academy’s headmaster in 2005, the school’s board of trustees gave him a grim task, he says. Find new revenue sources, board members said, or you will be our last headmaster. The semi-public high school’s dwindling population and revenues made its closure inevitable, Lindberg said. So he embarked upon […]
Controversial Portland charter school passes city inspection a week before opening day
PORTLAND — Baxter Academy for Technology and Science passed a city inspection of its 54 York St. facility Wednesday after lingering fire safety and electrical concerns caused the new charter school to fail at least two previous reviews. The passing marks clear the way for Baxter Academy to acquire its occupancy permit and receive its […]
Hampden Academy graduate assumes command of USS Constitution
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. — A Hampden Academy graduate assumed command of the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat during a ceremony on Friday. Cmdr. Sean Kearns assumed command of the USS Constitution during a change of command ceremony aboard the ship at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Friday morning. Kearns, a 1987 graduate of Hampden Academy, became the […]