Not only do credit unions provide top-notch personal service, they offer the latest and most convenient technology. In the past few years, Maine’s credit unions have introduced leading technology, including the ability to conduct online transactions, online lending, electronic check imaging, instant debit card issue, and more. Credit unions continue to introduce new products to […]
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When it comes to financial education, Maine credit unions make the grade
Maine credit unions are at the head of the class for financial literacy efforts in 2009/10. From volunteering and teaching youth financial education in local schools, operating in-school branches, to coordinating 16 Financial Fitness Fairs across Maine and Maine Credit Union Youth Week, the Maine Credit Union League and Maine’s credit unions exposed nearly 8,000 […]
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When times are tough, Maine credit unions help members stay on their feet
In today’s economy, it can be difficult to know where to turn for help. Members of Maine credit unions, however, know that they have a partner they can always rely on. Since the first Maine credit union was formed in 1921, Maine credit unions have focused on supporting members, no matter how big or small […]
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School climate, technology, and discipline
School culture and climate greatly affect how successful school discipline policies can be. “The ideal school climate is one where the focus is on teaching and learning and the future of kids,” said Gus LeBlanc, principal of Lewiston High School. “If you can get students to engage in the belief that the learning, education, and […]
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Halloween brings adventure and family fun
For the ultimate in ghoulish adventures during October, consider a road trip that includes Salem, Massachusetts, and other towns in central Maine. Salem, Massachusetts: Home of Haunted Happenings Known as the home of the famous Witch Trials, Salem, Massachusetts becomes the Halloween center of the world with Haunted Happenings, a month long schedule of activities […]
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Five tips for traveling with kids
Taking a family vacation? Before you pack the suitcases and load the kids into the car, check out these five tips for traveling with children. 1. Prepare before you go. Kate Edgecomb, a mother of three from Auburn, always prepares before leaving her house with kids in tow. “Before you leave, make everyone go to […]
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Teenagers want to be trusted
Making your way in the world today sometimes really does take everything you’ve got and for no one is that more true than it is for teenagers. They are caught in the crossroads of adolescence and adulthood; not yet adults and no longer children. Teens are expected to act responsibly and make sound decisions, yet […]
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Libraries and literacy: Read all about it
Repositories of knowledge in written form can be traced to the dawn of civilization. History Magazine speaks of a collection of “about 30,000 clay tablets found in ancient Mesopotamia [dating] back more than 5,000 years,” for example. Access to written knowledge – literacy – was, however, a closely guarded secret of the ruling classes for […]
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Domestic violence hits home
“Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other.” (http://www.domesticviolence.org/definition/) The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website states that “one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.” Although a significant percentage of victims of domestic violence are women battered by male partners, […]
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Halladay! Celebrate!
Some readers have pointed out that I haven’t written about any baseball yet in the blog. So I have punished myself by paraphrasing (homograph-ing?) the title to a Madonna song, and thus, in the infinite reach of the Internet, associated this blog and myself with the single most annoying song from the single most annoying […]