For three years, Regional School Unit 18 and and the state of Maine, has been changing to an educational system called mass customized learning, also called standards-based, or proficiency-based, learning.

Watch DOGS — Dads of Great Students, allows fathers to volunteer as a positive male presence in school communities, having set up its first Maine chapter in Belgrade, is spreading throughout the state.

A $20,000 buoy deployed into the waters of Great Pond is expected to answer questions about the lake’s ecosystem.

While former Winslow High School honor student Lyle Etienne Bernie, 21, of Vassalboro, was being booked on three drug-related charges last weekend, a bag of pills fell out of his shorts, leading to additional charges.

Richard Hopper succeeds longtime Kennebec Valley Community College President Barbara Woodlee, who retired Friday after 30 years on the job.

Paul Lessard, 62, who was burning brush on his Canaan Road property in Clinton, escaped unharmed after a brush fire got out of control about 1 p.m. Monday and consumed 5.4 acres of dead grass.

A high-tech, $20,000 buoy, the first of its kind in Maine, is armed with sensors that will begin sending a continuous data stream describing real-time conditions in Great Pond to a global network of scientists.

Fairfield’s Board of Selectmen has recommended closing railroad crossings on Willow and Elm streets, to facilitate renovation of the town’s remaining railroad crossings on Burrill Street, Lawrence Avenue, Summit Street and Western Avenue.