The Saint Dominic Regional High School board had until Wednesday to come up with $3 million for an escrow account to help fund a ‘bridge year’ for the high school.
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UMaine lab lays off 9 employees, blames federal funding uncertainty
The Trump administration recently halted more than $15 million in funding for the university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
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In the push for a statewide school cellphone ban in Maine, local control could stand in the way
Many teachers, parents and school leaders in Maine support bell-to-bell school phone bans, but lawmakers this month scaled back on a bill, citing overreach of local control.
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Stakeholder committee will work on Livermore Falls Cannabis Ordinance updates
Cannabis business owners will have a lawyer familiar with the industry draft an updated ordinance for Livermore Falls that includes adult use regulations.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston voters pass school budget Tuesday
Passing the school budget on the first vote this year, voters seem less averse to this year’s $117.68 million cost after rejecting last year’s twice.
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UMaine history professor puts knowledge to the test in ‘Jeopardy!’ win
Kara Peruccio, a professor of history and gender studies at the University of Maine, won $12,400 on the show Friday.
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Portland charter school would serve multilingual, disabled students — if lawmakers don’t intervene
The Legislature’s education committee has unanimously approved lowering Maine’s cap on the number of charter schools. It could spell trouble for a new middle and high school specializing in vulnerable populations.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Mary Martin to end 40 years as leading educator in Poland-area schools
‘She set such a high standard and she’s just been an absolute gift to work with,’ one of her colleagues said of Martin.
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Orange baby lobsters, the rarest of their kind, find a new home in Maine’s ocean
The odds of finding an orange lobster are 1 in 30 million. The University of New England just released 15 orange babies, no wider than a thumb and no longer than a pinky, into the wild to defy those odds.
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Under federal pressure, some of Maine’s colleges are renaming DEI offices
Maine colleges are joining a national trend or scrubbing words like ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ from department websites in favor of more neutral terms like ‘community’ and ‘belonging.’