A video feed from a balloon drifting 90,000 feet above Maine will show the shadow pass over Earth as if seeing the eclipse from the vantage point of the moon.
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Auburn nears end of school budget process, proposing roughly 5% increase
Residents will have a chance to weigh in on the proposed budget so far at the next School Committee meeting.
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Stephen King’s 50-year career has inspired a generation of writers and teachers
Once thought of as a pop culture phenomenon, the Maine author is now studied by academics and aspiring writers.
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Biden will unveil his new plan to give student loan relief to many new borrowers
The plan would expand federal student loan relief to new yet-targeted categories of borrowers through the Higher Education Act.
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Maine’s director of Child Development Services retires after no-confidence vote
Roberta Lucas had come under scrutiny this year because the agency has been failing to meet its legal obligations to provide disability services to young children.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Rumford-based school board cuts eight positions from proposed budget
Special education director, four ed tech and three teaching jobs eliminated.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Watch: Dixfield-based speech and debate team heading to national tournament
The team qualified for two national tournaments this year, one in Des Moines, Iowa, and the other in Chicago.
Posted inNation / World, New England, Schools & Education
College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say it’s OK, financial aid can numb sticker shock
The amount lower-income students are paying at elite institutions has been declining over the past 6 years, but some school officials are worried the climbing costs will put off some students from applying entirely.
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Bowdoin College student’s death ruled a suicide
Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan said in a statement Tuesday that 20-year-old Qingyang Zhan, of California, took her own life Sunday morning.
Posted inNew England, News, Schools & Education
Harvard removes human skin from the binding of 19th-century book
For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the book.