March 2023 – Page 198 – The Portland Press Herald

Football, Sports, Times Record Sports, Varsity Maine

Football: Brunswick hires Mark Renna as head coach

by Steve Craig March 9, 2023August 17, 2023

Renna, a former Gray-New Gloucester head coach, has 22 years of experience, most recently as an assistant at Yarmouth.

Business

GM offers buyouts to most U.S. salaried workers to trim costs

by TOM KRISHER Associated Press March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

General Motors’ offers also extend to some global executives as it makes the transition to electric vehicles. Its goal is to sell only electric passenger vehicles by 2035.

Maine, Schools and Education

Richmond School Committee to ask town for $194,000 to hire essential school staff members before July 1

by Emily Duggan March 9, 2023March 12, 2023

The funds would pay for a superintendent, business manager and other directors to begin before the first budget year takes effect and smooth the transition during the town’s separation from Regional School Unit 2.

Times Record

One of the Freeport Flag Ladies dies, remembered for commitment and patriotism

by Maria Skillings March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

Carmen Footer, 81, passed away Wednesday surrounded by friends and family.

Business

IRS nominee Daniel Werfel confirmed by Senate vote

by FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

Six Republicans broke party ranks to back him as commissioner, and a lone Democrat, West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, voted against him.

Nation & World

Virginia slave laws inform judge’s ruling on frozen embryos

by MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

The judge ruled that frozen embryos can legally be considered property, based partly on a 19th century law governing the treatment of slaves.

Business, Schools and Education

Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college

by COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

Fewer college graduates could worsen labor shortages in fields from health care to information technology. For those who forgo college, it usually means lower lifetime earnings.