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Veteran Gorham educator to be Cape Elizabeth’s next school superintendent
Christopher Record spent eight years as principal of Gorham High School and the last five as assistant superintendent in that school district.
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After 13 years in the Gorham School Department, five of those as assistant superintendent, Christopher Record is looking forward to becoming Cape Elizabeth’s new superintendent on July 1.
Record will succeed Donna Wolfrom, who has led the Cape district since 2017 and will retire at the end of the school year. He was selected after a nationwide search that began in February.
Chris Record, assistant superintendent of schools in Gorham, has been named the new superintendent for the Cape Elizabeth school district.
Central Maine business briefs: University of Maine at Augusta designated as Military Friendly School
People & Places: New Dimensions Federal Credit Union welcomes new digital branch manager.
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The University of Maine at Augusta has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School designation by VIQTORY recognizing its exceptional service to veterans, military service members and their families.
“UMA is honored to receive this designation,” said UMA President Rebecca Wyke, according to a news release from the university. “Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing a welcoming community for our military service members and veterans.”
UMA Graduation Challenge Coin pre-pandemic photo.
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Frank A. Chiaravalloti.
Frank A. Chiaravalloti of Lawrence passed away at his home surrounded by his wife and children on Feb. 10, after fighting a valiant battle against a rare form of cancer, Multiple Myeloma. He wanted everyone to know that he also suffered from depression, a silent disease that he fought and from which he emerged the victor. He was 67.
Frank was born on Oct.16, 1953 in Farmington, Maine, the youngest of four children to Antonio M. and Mary L. Chiaravalloti. He grew up in Wilton, Maine, where he lived above Tony’s Market, the store and laundromat operated by his parents; a cornerstone of the community. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1972, received a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Hartford, and later obtained a Certificate in Executive Management from the MIT Sloan School of Business.
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LIVERMORE FALLS Mackenzie Walker, a Spruce Mountain High School senior from Jay, is keeping busy with schoolwork and her job at Berry Fruit Farm.
Mackenzie Walker has been hired by Berry Fruit Farm in Livermore Falls. The Spruce Mountain High School senior is in the advanced culinary arts program at Foster CTE Center. She is seen holding a raspberry creme horn, one of the items she enjoys baking and a popular request from customers.
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Walker is a Life Skills student in the advanced culinary arts program at Foster Career and Technical Education Center on the Mt. Blue Campus in Farmington.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Too much of a good thing?
Analysts of higher-education trends are predicting that the aftermath of COVID-19 may bring the closure of hundreds of colleges, perhaps 10 to 20% of our 4,200 or so colleges.
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National trends often start on the coasts and move inland. Craft brewing first got big in Oregon, Maine and Vermont. Now it’s everywhere, and Maine is a major craft-beer state.
Another trend may have started in Vermont but hasn’t spread much, though it well might. And maybe it should. In the past two years, four colleges in Vermont have closed and two of the four state colleges have been merged into a single university.