Seven Maine colleges have been named to The Princeton Review’s list of best northeastern colleges, with Bowdoin College in Brunswick listed as having the best quality of life for students in the region. Bates College of Lewiston, Bowdoin College, Colby College of Waterville, College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, University of Maine in Orono, […]
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Portland removing Styrofoam trays from school cafeterias
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland Public Schools will no longer use Styrofoam trays in their cafeterias beginning this school year. The Portland district will replace them with paperboard trays. The additional cost of $30,000 annually will be offset by savings anticipated from district recycling and composting programs. Reusable plastic trays will be used once a new […]
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Baxter State Park celebrates 50th anniversary
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Baxter State Park. On Aug. 6, 1962, former Gov. Percival Baxter acquired the 28th and final parcel of land that would constitute the northern Maine park named in his honor. Baxter, who was from Portland, deeded the land to the state as a gift the […]
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Maine windjammer offers scenic trip along coast
“So where are we going?” he asks rhetorically. “We’re going Camden. Should be there in three days.” In other words, there is no itinerary. All we know is that our journey will end right back here where it’s starting, in Camden Harbor. Where we go between now and then will mostly depend on the wind […]
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Investigators pursue leads out of state in Bangor car fire that killed three; hit list rumored
BANGOR — Detectives trying to find out who is responsible for the deaths of three people found a week ago in a car that was left ablaze in a dark parking lot are following out-of-state leads, Bangor Sgt. Paul Edwards said Tuesday. At the same time, rumors circulating that the three were on a hit […]
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Snowe weighs in on “legitimate rape” statement calls on Akin to quit race
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Missouri congressman’s comments about abortion and rape are having ripple effects even after his apology. In Maine, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe says Rep. Todd Akin should not represent the Republican party in this fall’s election for U.S. senator . Akin apologized Monday for his televised comments that women’s bodies are able to prevent […]
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Son says mother in Hermon crash died
HERMON — A Bangor woman injured in a three-vehicle collision on Union Street that occurred Saturday afternoon has succumbed to her injuries, her son said on Tuesday. “My mother passed away [Monday] afternoon,” Mike Savage of Bangor said of Mary Savage, 83. Mary Savage had been on life support in the intensive care unit at […]
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Waiver plan would focus on Maine’s lowest performing schools
AUGUSTA — The Department of Education released new details Monday about how the state intends to abide by federal No Child Left Behind requirements under an extensive waiver application that will be filed with the federal government next month. The department and numerous education officials from across the state have been preparing the waiver application […]
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Snowe, Collins critical of GOP abortion stance
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s two U.S. senators are raising the abortion issue, which Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would prefer to keep in the background. Sen. Olympia Snowe wants the presumptive nominee to repudiate the Republican Party’s strict anti-abortion platform when he gives his national convention speech this week. Snowe, who’s leaving the Senate at […]
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Maine legislators unhappy with slow pace of agriculture-conservation merger
ORONO — Frustration and worry surfaced among the 12 members of the legislative committee that has jurisdiction over the merger of two state agencies that will create a new Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. During the committee’s meeting Monday at the University of Maine, Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources Commissioner Walt Whitcomb […]