Worcester Resources defends its track record, says it is proud of the way it treats employees.
March 2023
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Through My Lens: Higher education accessibility a boon for immigrants
A year after the onset of COVID-19, I had the privilege of speaking with students at Lewiston Middle School, which has a large number of first- and second-generation immigrant students, including many from Somalia. During the discussion, the students expressed their hopeful excitement that they would be the first in their families to attend college, […]
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Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Scarborough School Board presented with projected enrollment study
Results of an enrollment study will help the board and the town anticipate the needs of the school system for the coming years.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Mainewhile: Americans can agree on one thing: no more daylight saving time
Odds are, as you are reading this, you’re tired. Maybe feeling a little worn down. Sluggish, even. It’s the time change. We have just done the big “spring forward,” turning our clocks ahead one hour as we fall in line with daylight saving time – and while it is lovely to have my car dashboard […]
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Bank stocks tumble while others rise on hopes for easier interest rates
The most pressure is on the regional banks a couple steps below in size of the massive, ‘too-big-to-fail’ banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
After 2nd collapse, Biden says U.S. can have confidence in banks
The president says he would seek to hold those responsible accountable, and he promised that no losses would be borne by taxpayers.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Biden approves major oil drilling project in Alaska over protests
The administration, in a move in the other direction toward conservation, earlier said it would bar or limit drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.
Posted inNation & World, News
Vice President Harris to visit Africa in latest U.S. outreach
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to travel to Africa at the end of March as the United States seeks to pitch itself as a better partner for the continent than China is.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House Republican trying to stop probe into Trump tax records, House Democrats say
The material provided to the committee before Republicans took control of the House in January included documents showing authoritarian governments spending lavishly at Trump-owned properties while Trump was president.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Douglas takes office as justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court
The former York County Superior Court Justice was sworn in by Gov. Janet Mills on Friday.