Noel Gallagher covers K-12 and higher education issues statewide. Her stories are a mix of breaking news and trend stories. In recent years, they’ve ranged from why college costs so much, the launch of the state’s first charter schools, how a school welcomed a transgender student and why Maine schools have a hard time finding teachers. She’s enough of a news nerd to enjoy sitting through legislative education committee meetings and hours-long school board meetings so you don’t have to. The Maine Press Association has honored Noel’s work, but she says she writes for the readers, in the firm belief that an informed citizenry is key to a healthy democracy. Noel is a California native who has worked at wire services, online websites and newspapers across the country. She was in Washington D.C. during the early Clinton years, covering AIDS activism in 1990s San Francisco, documenting the business of wine in Sonoma County and riding out the boom and bust cycle of the early Internet era in early 2000s Silicon Valley. She arrived in Maine at the beginning of the recession and wrote quite a bit about the downturn here. In her free time, Noel writes the occasional cookbook review, spends an inordinate amount of time at the Portland Public Library and hangs out with her three fabulous kids and wonderful husband. She is not a former member of the band Oasis.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2018
House speaker calls for lawmaker from her own party to resign over alleged misconduct with students
Dillon Bates, a two-term Democratic lawmaker, coach and former teacher, was accused of inappropriate relationships with several students in a publication that cited anonymous sources. His lawyer says the allegations are untrue.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2018
Lincolnville woman known for passion for animals is hit, killed by boat on Damariscotta Lake
Kristen McKellar was swimming Thursday night when she was struck, the Maine Warden Service says.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2018
Russian-backed troll Twitter accounts targeted Maine politicians
Sen. Collins came under fire particularly for her Affordable Care Act vote in 2017, when she was blasted with hundreds of critical tweets from a right-wing perspective.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2018
An effective way to reach students, texting has risks
The now-ubiquitous communication tool can cross professional borders, prompting policies in schools meant to safeguard teachers and kids alike.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2018
Stormy Daniels, porn star in the national spotlight, is booked to perform at Portland strip club
Daniels, who says she had sex with Donald Trump and was paid to stay silent about it, is scheduled for shows in September at PT’s Showclub.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2018
Maine executive named CEO of new Portland-based graduate center
Theresa Sutton will begin work immediately at Maine Center Ventures of the University of Maine System.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2018
Woman fatally stabbed in front of her children on downtown Lewiston sidewalk
Kimberly Dobbie, 48, was attacked in front of her two children outside a laundromat, Maine State Police say.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2018
Maine Girls’ Academy walked a financial tightrope before deciding to close
IRS documents show the private high school’s expenses were slightly more than revenue in 2016-17, and enrollments that generate critical tuition revenue have declined since then.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2018
Maine Girls’ Academy says it’s $250,000 in debt but supporters still aim to keep it open
Expected tuition revenue would not cover costs next year, officials say at a meeting, but alumnae are pursuing ways to keep the state’s only all-girls school running.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2018
Maine Girls’ Academy alumnae trying to keep their alma mater from closing
Supporters of the school, formerly Catherine McAuley High School, are raising funds and will meet with the school board Monday to find out what prompted the surprise decision to close the state’s only private all-girls school.
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