Parents of Maine students are beginning to organize against the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric from the growing number of conservative parents’ organizations in Maine.
Emily Duggan
Staff Writer
Emily Duggan is a staff writer for the Kennebec Journal. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of New Hampshire, where she was a news editor and staff writer for The New Hampshire. Before working at the Kennebec Journal, she interned at the Portland Press Herald and freelanced for the Granite State News Collaborative. A Portland native, Emily loves exploring the city, reading, and playing with her two cats.
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High-speed chase through Chelsea, Windsor, Augusta ends with arrest, shots fired
Dustin Smith, 33, was treated for an injury caused by a bullet graze before he was jailed in Augusta.
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Posted inMaine, News
Oakland home explosion likely caused by propane leak, investigators say
Cliff Hannon, who was the only person at the Lakeview Drive home when the blast happened, is in critical condition in a Portland hospital.
Posted inMaine, News
Suspect in fatal U-Haul crash in Clinton located on I-95
The driver in Tuesday’s crash fled the scene and was found Thursday evening.
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Man injured in explosion at Oakland house
The home was leveled Thursday and a middle-aged man was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
Posted inMaine, News
Scottish Rite Masons expect record numbers at Thanksgiving dinner
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Posted inMaine, News
Parents’ rights groups, backed by conservative funders, bring fight to Maine school boards
The Gardiner-area school board is one of many across the state being confronted with organized, sometimes disruptive, efforts to remake education.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Protesters undress to oppose gender policy at Augusta schools
Three people partially disrobed as advocate Nicholas Blanchard challenged the school board’s recognition of transgender students under the federal policy.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Augusta school board gets letter warning about public comment policy
The letter, sent by free speech advocate Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, alleges the Augusta Board of Education is violating the First Amendment by putting limits on allowed comments.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
After 2 years some of Maine’s electric school buses remain parked
District officials say they do not know what to do with the inoperable buses that were provided through the federal Clean School Bus program.