LEWISTON — Bates College is hiring a new vice president for equity and inclusion. The college’s president, Clayton Spencer, said in a prepared statement Thursday that Noelle Chaddock, an administrator at Rhodes College in Tennessee, will take the newly updated job effective June 1. “Noelle will be an inspiring leader, partner, and colleague as we […]
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Posted inBusiness, Giving Back, sj-web
S and J Enterprises donates
St. Mary’s Nutrition Center staff receive a $1,000 donation from S and J Enterprises LLC to be divided evenly between the Summer Youth Gardening Program and St. Mary’s Food Pantry. From left are Scott Berry, Eliza Huber Weiss, Fiston Mubalama Lowatiwiya and Jeffrey Stewart. Nutrition Center programs provide the tools for participants to find affordable and low-barrier […]
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What makes chickens happy? Nobody is quite sure
Canadian researchers launch a new study to measure the welfare of poultry.
Posted inRiver Valley
Buddying up to learn Math skills
Jack Bartash, right, a third-grader at Rumford Elementary School, works on math with kindergarten student Cohen Carrier and another student in Jessica Curato’s kindergarten classroom this week. Third grade students “buddy up” with kindergarten students two mornings a month to work on math, reading, crafts or other projects, as first- and fourth-grade students are also […]
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Livermore Falls chief to shop for firetruck
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen directed the fire chief Wednesday to get prices and options for a combined ladder/pumper/tanker truck. It would replace the 1988 ladder truck and the 1993 Engine 1. Fire Chief Edward Hastings IV has applied for a $500,000 grant through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to buy a truck. A new one […]
Posted inBusiness
Stocks dive again, heading for worst December since Great Depression
Investors are growing worried that global economic growth is cooling and that the U.S. could slip into a recession in the next few years.
Posted inBusiness
Tobacco giant Altria strides into vape market
Marlboro’s maker spends nearly $13 billion for a stake in Juul, the vaping company, as cigarette use fades.
Posted inNews
Medication for opioid use disorder Maine’s 2nd-most-prescribed drug
A data set now required by law shows that only a common blood pressure drug topped Suboxone, revealing the depth of the state’s opioid crisis, although short-term scripts can skew the figures.
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Migrant workers at Maine wreath company say labor contractor sexually harassed them
The workers, who made wreaths for Worcester Wreath Co., say they were fired after bringing up their concerns; the company says it no longer works with that contractor.
Posted inBusiness
Regulation rollback: Oil train catastrophe in the making?
The Trump administration miscalculates the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels.