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Residents of western Maine towns approve Mexico technical school budget for 2021-22
Residents of the 16 towns that send their students to Region 9 School of Applied Technology in Mexico approved a $2.3 million budget for 2021-22 and an adult education budget of $401,167 on Wednesday evening.
MSAD 52 school budget passes first step, heads to referendum vote
Turner, Greene and Leeds voters will weigh in one last time on May 20 at the polls.
Several hundred students gather at Bates to call for defunding campus security
The students pleaded with Bates College to transform its Campus Safety Department.
Photo Album: St. Dom’s students show support for principal in Auburn
Students and family members held a peaceful demonstration Friday to protest the circumstances surrounding the firing of Tim Gallic in April, whose position was eliminated.
Students want answers after St. Dom’s principal dismissed
Marianne Pelletier, superintendent of Maine Catholic Schools, said Tim Gallic was let go because of budget cuts that eliminated his position.
Maine colleges go hybrid with mix of in-person and virtual graduation ceremonies this year
Graduations will look different for a second year in a row but campuses are finding ways to recognize students through smaller in-person events with COVID precautions.
Lewiston municipal budget includes Human Resources equity position
The new position was the main recommendation stemming from the Equity and Diversity Committee earlier this year.
Lewiston School Committee cuts local tax impact by 40 cents after City Council votes down initial budget
But several committee members stood by the initial budget Wednesday, slamming city officials for handing down a ultimatum to cut sorely needed funding for a struggling school district.