KENNEBUNK, Maine — Students attending Middle School of the Kennebunks learn how to master social and public speaking skills by participating in an annual 8th-grade history project.

With all the divisions in this country, it’s amazing that the ability to round out your letters has become controversial, writes Laurel Vermilyea Cortes.

A bunny rescue grew into a district-wide effort to locate, save and care for lizards, snakes, rats and fish at a half-a-dozen ...