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Maine Girls’ Academy walked a financial tightrope before deciding to close

The soon-to-be-closed Maine Girls’ Academy was limping along financially in its second year of operation, spending slightly more than it took in, according to federal financial disclosure forms. School officials said last week they were closing the school because of declining enrollment and related financial problems. Despite an immediate surge of supporters coming forward trying […]

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Closing of Maine Girls’ Academy, formerly McAuley, stuns families, alumnae

The Maine Girls’ Academy in Portland announced Thursday that it will close this month, stunning students, parents and alumnae. The state’s only private, all-girls school shared the news on its website, saying the last day of operations will be July 15. “This difficult and sad decision was made necessary by lower enrollment and revenue than […]

Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser

Postal service unit to close in northern Jay

JAY — The North Jay Post Office on East Dixfield Road will close its doors Aug. 30. The contract postal unit hosts post office box services for 36 customers, according to Stephen Doherty, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service in the Greater Boston and Northern New England districts. Postal retail services have not been […]

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Verso to close idled Kentucky paper mill

JAY — Verso Corp. announced Tuesday it is closing its paper mill in Kentucky by July 1. The last day for most workers is tentatively June 4, it said. Verso announced Aug. 20, 2015, that it planned to idle the Wickliffe, Ky., mill by the end of that year. The same day, Verso announced it […]