In the Penobscot Job Corps kitchen, students learn more than culinary necessities. They’re taught to give back to the community in a scrumptious and gracious manner.

Novelist Richard Russo works very hard to stay out of his readers’ or characters’ way. That’s why, to anyone who understands small-town life, his work is so very spot-on

Maine town academies, once a staple throughout the state, are using their unique programming and quality of life to attract international and out-of-state students. Short story: Everybody wins

64,000 new Apple laptops go to work in Maine schools this month, as part of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative expansion. But Guilford is already way ahead in the laptop race, and has been for a decade.

The University of Maine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast is nontraditional in its students, teaching methods, and financial model. Maybe that’s why as other schools cut programs “The Hutch” keeps on growing.

A diagnosis of bone cancer in rural Maine is not as catastrophic as it once was, now that Ian Dickey, MD, and his team are on the job.

Fort Kent native Joyce Hedlund is all about the power of education, both in her own life and in the life of the community.