Headlines from York and Ogunquit, Maine

It's a sure sign that the school year is set to start again. Pictured here, first year assistant coach Fred Joye gives his York High School Wildcats football hopefuls the game plan before last Monday's controlled scrimmage against Traip Academy.
Photo by Tori Rasche
Longtime Coastal Ridge third-grade teacher Michele Freitag has been named Horizons teacher for the town's elementary school students. Freitag is pictured here setting up the new Horizons room at Coastal Ridge for the year ahead. Read story
Photo by Jennifer L. Saunders

Workforce housing dominates the scene at Board of Selectmen meeting

A proposed zoning ordinance on workforce housing proved to be a controversial subject at Monday night's Board of Selectmen meeting, as both members of the public and the selectmen weighed in on the plan.

[more York News]

New school year promises new possibilities for students and teachers

Back to school traditionally brings with it a longing for crisp autumn air, shopping for new clothes and shoes, and time spent packing up those new backpacks with notebooks, binders and supplies.

New school year brings many changes

Take a walk through the halls at Village Elementary School, or around the grounds at any of the town's four public schools, and you're likely to see a whole lot of changes going on.

[more Currents in Education]

Ogunquit students prepare to return to school in Wells

As the first day of school approaches, the town of Ogunquit continues to search for the best school system in which to enroll its school-age children.

[more Ogunquit News]

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