Newspaper Insert: Who Is Driving Your Economic Future?
In December 2008 and throughout 2009, this special report was distributed throughout the mid coast region in the local papers and as a handout in libraries, oganizations and businesses. Success By 6 plans to produce a new report for distribution in 2010!

The Times Record Series on Early Childhood
During the summer of 2008, The Times Record published a five-day series on early childhood with the theme "Smart from the Start!" The five front-page articles focused on:

Article 1: The vital role of preschool in preparing a student for kindergarten.

Article 2: A peek into the kindergarten screening process.

Article 3: How early education success or failure translates to crime rates of the future.

Article 4: Drawing a link between early education and worker productivity.

Article 5: Analyzing state and local efforts to bolster early childhood education.

This series was launched because of a commitment made by the volunteers serving on our United Way's Success By 6: Early Childhood Council. Several of these volunteers attended the Governor's Economic Summit on Early Childhood in November 2007 as part of a Mid Coast team.

One of the key recommendations from this summit was to increase public awareness about the importance of the early years on a child's development and on the economic future of Maine. The volunteers on Success By 6 worked with The Times Record to develop this series as a first step toward increasing public education on these issues.