Sen. Grohoski, Rep. Friedmann celebrate Mount Desert Island educators, present legislative sentiments

Posted: February 09, 2026 | Senator Grohoski

AUGUSTA ­­— Last month, Sen. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth, and Rep. Gary Friedmann, D-Bar Harbor, presented legislative sentiments to award-winning educators on Mount Desert Island.

Michelle Brzezowski is a teacher at Mount Desert Island Adult and Community Education. She was named the 2025 Outstanding Adult Education Teacher by the Maine Adult Education Association. Jennifer Crandall is a Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher at Mount Desert Island High School. She received the 2025 Teacher of the Year Award from the Maine Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

A legislative sentiment is a certification of appreciation and recognition that acknowledges a business, individual, group or organization that makes a significant contribution to the community or achieves an accomplishment.

Sen. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth; Michelle Brzezowski; and Rep. Gary Friedmann, D-Bar Harbor, at Mount Desert Island Adult and Community Education. Brzezowski is a teacher at Mount Desert Island Adult and Community Education who was named the 2025 Outstanding Adult Education Teacher by the Maine Adult Education Association.

Sen. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth; Jennifer Crandall; and Rep. Gary Friedmann, D-Bar Harbor, at Mount Desert Island High School. Crandall is a Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher who received the 2025 Teacher of the Year Award from the Maine Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

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