The cost of attending the University of Maine System campuses will increase by an average of $466 a year next fall under a tuition and fees increase approved Monday by the system’s board of trustees. It’s the second increase in two years after a six-year tuition freeze. Several trustees said the long stretch of flat […]
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Nomination papers available in Jay
JAY — Nomination papers for three-year terms for two selectpersons, Regional School Unit 73 directors and water district trustees are available at the Town Office. The papers are due in the town clerk’s office by Friday, Feb. 23. The annual town meeting referendum and election will be held at the polls on Tuesday, April 24. […]
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Deadline extended for defendants to answer cat caretakers’ civil complaint
PARIS — An Oxford County Superior Court justice has granted defendants’ motion for more time to answer a civil complaint seeking to disburse more than $151,000 in cash to the care of the abandoned and unwanted cats of Dixfield. The defendants in the case are Rumford attorney David Austin, and Gertrude Crosby, Bentley Crosby and […]
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UMaine System panel backs program cuts at USM
PORTLAND (AP) — A University of Maine System committee is backing a plan to cut some programs at the University of Southern Maine. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/ZHj75q) that the committee voted 6-1 on Wednesday in favor of eliminating the undergraduate French major and master’s program in applied sciences. The full University of Maine […]
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UMaine trustees cut Arts and Humanities program at USM-LAC
AUGUSTA — The University of Maine System will ask lawmakers in Augusta for more funding so it can maintain a freeze on tuition rates, the board of trustees decided on Monday. The seven-school system is seeking an increase in state funding from the current $176.2 million to $182.2 million for fiscal year 2016 and $189.1 million […]
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UMaine trustees approve plan to address shortfall
BANGOR (AP) — University of Maine System trustees have approved a five-year plan to address a projected $69 million funding gap that calls for the streamlining of academic programs and workforce reductions. Trustees of the seven-campus system unanimously approved the plan on Monday. The plan could mean the elimination of some academic programs if similar […]
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UMaine trustees propose workforce cuts
BANGOR (AP) — University of Maine System trustees have released a draft strategic plan that would cut about $60 million through workforce and facility reductions over the next five and streamline academic programs to reduce overlap. The plan approved Thursday is part of an effort to close a projected $69 million budget deficit by 2019. […]
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UMaine trustees approve $529M budget for 2014-15
BANGOR — The University of Maine System’s trustees have approved a $529 million budget for the next academic year that freezes tuition but eliminates more than 150 positions system-wide. The budget approved Monday for 2014-15 includes $11.4 million from emergency reserves to help fill a $36 million budget shortfall. Trustee Norman Fournier says the budget […]
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UMaine trustees to vote on operating budget
BANGOR (AP) — University of Maine System trustees are ready to vote on a proposed operating budget. Trustees will discuss a proposal to freeze in-state tuition for a third consecutive year. If approved Monday, it would be the first time that’s happened since the 1990s. All told, the proposed unified operating budget would total $529 […]
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UMaine trustees wants to help students who never graduated
BANGOR (AP) — University of Maine System trustees are meeting to consider ways to help adults who attended college but never received a degree. Trustees are considering scholarships, professional development and other enhancements as part of a comprehensive plan to serve adults who left college without getting a degree. A report presented to trustees, who […]