The seven-university system is contending with declines in enrollment, state funding that hasn’t kept pace with inflation, and lingering doubts about its chancellor’s leadership.
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Posted inOutdoors, Sports
What’s up in August: Better weather should make for better viewing
As long as the rain abates, look skyward for Saturn at opposition and the entertaining Perseid meteor shower.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside Table: A particular window of Irish history
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Why so many college presidents are resigning
Could it be that the real reason is the effect that bad news will most certainly have on fundraising?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Oppenheimer’ has reopened debate in the U.S. In Japan, it’s more complex
The blockbuster biopic has renewed contention on the rights and wrongs of dropping the bomb. It could lead to a more useful discussion in Japan – assuming it’s ever released there.
Posted inPremier Property, Real Estate, Sponsored
Falmouth Foreside home features fresh updates and ample living space
$1.695 million | 7 Wisteria Circle, Falmouth
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Covenant of Water,’ ‘The Wager’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
In ‘No One Prayed Over Their Graves,’ a catastrophic flood alters a city – and a lifelong friendship
Celebrated Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa chronicles Aleppo’s history through the story of two men.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Critic of hybrid cars gets it wrong
A recent letter lumps hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles together and inaccurately concludes that gas-only cars are more efficient. In fact, the opposite is true.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: Old Masters, Maine landscapes among influences on display at Cove Street
A closer look at five current shows up at the Portland exhibition space.