NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A suburban Indianapolis teacher who was shot while tackling and disarming a student inside his classroom said Monday that his swift decisions “were the only acceptable actions” to save his seventh-grade students. Jason Seaman, speaking publicly for the first time since the shooting Friday, thanked the Noblesville community for its support […]
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Girls learn about male-dominated trades in Auburn
Audrey Bauer, a freshman at Oak Hill High School in Wales, sprays water while wearing the turnout gear of Auburn firefighter Sita West during the Totally Trades conference for ninth-grade girls at Central Maine Community College in Auburn on Friday. Freshmen from area high schools attended workshops on automotive technology, welding, heavy equipment operation, building […]
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LePage eyes bringing more Chinese students, trade to Maine
Touting the safety and natural bounty of Maine, Gov. Paul LePage is pushing for Chinese students and companies to come to the Pine Tree State. LePage recently told China Daily, an English-language newspaper published in the People’s Republic of China, that attracting more Chinese students could be one solution to Maine’s aging population. “If we can get […]
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Bates students call for an end to student debt
LEWISTON — Sophomore Jaelene Perez, who hails from a low-income family in the South Bronx, said Friday she wonders at the end of each semester at Bates College whether she can afford to return. She said she slogged through this entire academic year without buying a single textbook because she couldn’t afford them. Perez said […]
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By wide margins, Scarborough voters oust 3 school board members
SCARBOROUGH — The town’s voters decided overwhelmingly Tuesday to remove three school board members from office in the town’s first-ever recall election after months of controversy involving the superintendent and the high school principal. Turnout was steady and strong throughout the day, and ballots were hand-counted well after midnight, with about two-thirds of voters deciding […]
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Former Lewiston school board member paid for robocalls opposing budget
LEWISTON — A former Lewiston School Committee member hired a company to make robocalls to voters Monday night urging them to vote against the school budget Tuesday, according to City Clerk Kathy Montejo. The calls were initiated by Benjamin Martin, Montejo said. Martin did not run for re-election last year. Montejo said Martin called her […]
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Lawmakers didn’t fund Maine schools before adjournment last week
AUGUSTA — Before the most recent legislative session expired last week, lawmakers neglected to pass a bill that would have appropriated more than $1 billion in funds for public schools. The Maine School Management Association, which represents superintendents, sent out a notice Tuesday urging members to contact lawmakers and ask them to find a way […]
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Scarborough schools shaken by an administrative cage fight
SCARBOROUGH — The turmoil erupted in February, when the well-liked high school principal suddenly resigned, then claimed he had been coerced by the superintendent and decided to fight for his job. Students, parents and teachers rose up in protest, organizing a campaign to keep the principal, remove three school board members and force the relatively […]
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Joyce Marilyn Barker
BURLINGTON, Mass. — Joyce Marilyn Barker, of Winslow, passed away Thursday, April 12, at Lahey Hospital, surrounded by her loving family and dear friend, Ann Andrews. She was born in Bridgton, Feb. 4, 1957, to the late Almon and Norine (Sturgis) Barker. She lived and grew up in Naples, attending Lake Region High School, where she […]
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Bates College plans to build new science building by 2021
LEWISTON — Bates College is moving ahead with plans for a new three-story science building on Campus Avenue that it plans to open by the start of the 2021 fall semester. The building, between Bardwell and Nichols streets, will have classrooms, study and meeting spaces and research and teaching labs, the college said. The new […]