SAN ANTONIO, Texas — U.S. Air Force Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Michael C. Doucette graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and […]
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Farmers, UMF grads talk about their farming choices
FARMINGTON — Five new-generation farmers talked about their work to provide quality, locally grown foods during a recent forum at the University of Maine at Farmington. The UMF alumni found a niche in farming. After Gloria Varney of Turner earned a degree in community health education, nutrition and exercise physiology, she helped people create plans […]
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Tears flow as UMaine grads get engaged in ceremony
The graduation ceremony at the University of Maine came to a halt, and all heads turned Saturday as attention shifted to a proposal on the sidelines. “I thought he would do it over a video game,” bride-to-be Amanda Powers, 23, said, “I’ve been joking about (getting married) the last year.” Powers and her fiance, Alfonza […]
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Report: 4 in 5 U.S. high school students graduate
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. public high schools have reached a milestone, an 80 percent graduation rate. Yet that still means 1 of every 5 students walks away without a diploma. Citing the progress, researchers are projecting a 90 percent national graduation rate by 2020. Their report, based on Education Department statistics from 2012, was being […]
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Maine college grads missing out on overlooked student loan tax credit program
AUGUSTA — It’s been more than five years since Maine created tax credits for college graduates who remain in the state to work, but only a fraction of graduates take advantage of the program because of the state’s failure to effectively market it, lawmakers and advocates say. Lawmakers heralded the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit as […]
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Maine college grads missing out on overlooked student loan tax credit program
AUGUSTA — It’s been more than five years since Maine created tax credits for college graduates who remain in the state to work, but only a fraction of graduates take advantage of the program because of the state’s failure to effectively market it, lawmakers and advocates say. Lawmakers heralded the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit as […]