PORTLAND, Maine — Senator Susan Collins, who hails from The County and picked potatoes as a girl, is working to restore some respect for the humble spud, which is on the verge of being virtually banished from the nation’s school lunch programs. New guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture would eliminate potatoes altogether from […]
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Creating community colleges opened doors for thousands
AUBURN — After graduating from Edward Little High School in 2006, Kate Dargie enrolled at New England University. One year later she transferred to Central Maine Community College, because she wanted to go to college without incurring debt. Annual tuition at Maine’s community colleges, which only offer two-year degrees, is $3,000. Annual tuition at UNE, […]
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Youngsters get lessons at fair’s agricultural day
Among the information they were given: Moose means “twig eater” in the Algonquin Indian language, tomatoes can grow horns and sometimes the queen bee gets kicked out. Beekeeper Jeff Irish has only missed one Franklin County Agricultural and Environmental Education Day. This year he brought his hive safely enclosed in a glass case and showed […]
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Reporters notebook: Heated exchange at Lewiston School Committee
Squabble on the Lewiston School Committee The Lewiston School Committee was getting a report from high school Principal Gus LeBlanc on Monday night when a squabble broke out. Ward 6 committee member Ronella Paradis was questioning LeBlanc when Chairman Jim Handy said the principal had already gone over the information. “He didn’t answer my question,” […]
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Lewiston High School working on re-accreditation
LEWISTON — In sophomore English class Wednesday, teacher Esther Pelletier talked to students about the difference between the book and the movie, “The Pearl.” The Lewiston High School class went over writing styles and vocabulary. They had to know what “expunge,” “extradite” and “gregarious” meant. On an overhead projector in front of the class were […]
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Live in Maine? Need a job? Develop these skills.
NewFab Inc. has been trying to fill three jobs since spring: a metal fabricator, a production supervisor and a database programmer. NewFab President Chip Roche said he has received 50 applications for the supervisor job but hasn’t found someone with the right skills. He didn’t have any luck with applicants for the programmer job; Roche […]
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‘SpongeBob’ impairs little kids’ thinking, study finds
LOS ANGELES — Watching just a short bit of the wildly popular kids TV show “SpongeBob SquarePants” has been known to give many parents headaches. Psychologists have now found that a brief exposure to SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward and the rest of the crew also appears to dampen preschoolers’ brain power. Angeline Lillard and Jennifer Peterson, […]
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St. Dom’s students remember 9/11
AUBURN — Kevin Cullen’s Advanced Placement U.S. history students were too young to recall a lot about 9/11, but what they do remember comes back to them in chilling snapshots. The shock on a first-grade teacher’s face when the school principal whispered in her ear. Older kids trading rumors on the school bus about a […]
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Freeport High School bans cellphones
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — A Maine high school is cracking down on the use of cellphones during the school day and some parents question whether it will encourage students to use their phones on the sly. Freeport High School now requires that digital devices be turned off during the school day because teachers found that […]
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New magnet school welcomes first students
FAIRFIELD, Maine — Some of Caleb Chadbourne’s earliest memories are of performing chores on his grandfather’s dairy farm in Palmyra, where he’s been involved since he was about 3 years old. Chadbourne is clearly comfortable in a farm setting, but until the formation of the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences (MeANS) at the former Good […]