For many Maine families, homeschooling emerges not as a first choice but as a response to an education system that doesn’t always meet individual needs, beliefs or learning styles.
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Shaw’s reusable bags benefit Woman’s Literary Union | Sun Spots
DEAR SUN SPOTS: We’re excited to share that Shaw’s has selected the Woman’s Literary Union of Auburn to benefit from the Give Back Where It Counts Reusable Bag Program, happening throughout February. The program makes it easy for shoppers to contribute to their local communities. Every time a $3 reusable Give Back Bag is purchased […]
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Demolition at former Oxford mill underway
Some buildings at the former Robinson Manufacturing Co. are being razed to redevelop the site into 77 senior housing units in Oxford.
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UMaine student dies following gas leak at Washington County mill
The university identified the student as Kasie Malcolm, a junior studying chemical engineering at the university system’s Machias campus.
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A message of unity posted for Bethel motorists
‘Love wins’ was spray-painted on a sign at the Route 2 rest stop.
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Immigration officials told a Lewiston man he wasn’t in trouble. Then they arrested him.
Delfino Nsuka was arrested by ICE last week, according to his wife, who recorded the interaction while on a phone call with him.
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ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
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Transportation company for MaineCare patients emerges from bankruptcy
Modivcare covers much of the non-emergency transportation for Medicaid patients in the state.
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Mike Burnham, Maine Principals’ Association executive director, to retire
Burnham, who has headed the group that oversees interscholastic athletics for seven years, will be succeeded by his assistant, Mike Bisson.
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Norway fire that destroyed home caused by heater used to thaw pipes
No one was injured, though two cats were unaccounted for, authorities said.