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Posted inCommunity, Life & Culture, News, The Franklin Journal, Things to Do
UMF to host 13th annual Maine Fiddlehead Festival May 2
The festival will be held rain or shine between the Olsen Student Center and Roberts Learning Center.
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Posted inCommunity, News, Schools & Education, The Bethel Citizen
Bethel student launches Girls in Science Day for Maine middle schoolers
Hands-on labs, mentorship and a student-led vision drew 40 girls to the inaugural program at Gould Academy in Bethel.
Posted inCommunity, Life & Culture, News, The Bethel Citizen
Newry woman finds gentler pace with donkeys
Longtime horsewoman Suzanne Pierce said her rescue donkeys are a different kind of commitment: ‘When you get a donkey, it’s for life.’
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
More Maine high schoolers are looking to Canada for college
Amid increased political pressures on American higher education, and the rising cost of college, some Maine students are heading across the border.
Posted inNews
Lewiston school committee passes $130 million budget
The vote was unanimous, but most committee members said they did so reluctantly because of the dozens of positions that were cut.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News
Cumberland County officials vote to remove ICE from jail contract with feds
The decision comes after 8 months of public outcry over immigration detentions and roughly 3 months after the Department of Homeland Security pulled dozens of its prisoners from Cumberland County Jail.
Posted inCommunity, News
Jim Bennett to stay on with Lisbon in advisory role
Jim Bennett had been the interim town manager before councilors appointed Sarah Bennett as town manager earlier this month.
Posted inCommunity
Supermajority vote requirement tangles Lewiston budget plan
Lewiston city councilors learned Tuesday a supermajority vote is required to pass any new budget if the burden on taxpayers is more than 3.3% higher than the current burden.
Posted inCommunity, News
Lewiston woman makes manslaughter plea in 2024 Litchfield killing
Shari Allimah pleaded guilty Tuesday in the death of Gerald Marin less than a week before her trial was scheduled to start.