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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PublishedDecember 22, 2013
Chances of casino funds benefiting schools rise
Lawmakers take steps to avoid diversions of gambling revenue such as last spring’s raid by Gov. LePage to close a budget gap.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2013
‘No one should pass away unrecognized’
A Portland vigil remembers the 21 homeless people who died this year.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2013
Coast Guard ends search for Westbrook fisherman
Another man on deck jumped in after Martin Gorham, but couldn’t save him in cold, rough conditions.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2013
Family-run Nelson & Small executes smooth break-up
With no one interested in taking over the Portland distributorship, second-generation owners sell off key parts.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2013
Homeless urged to shelters as Maine braces for snowstorm
Some southern areas are expected to get 10 to 14 inches following days of unusually frigid weather.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2013
Mediator to review Westbrook school suspensions
Critics have questioned whether district officials lifted suspensions for football players so they could compete in a Nov. 8 playoff game.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2013
Maine education committee hopes to introduce school funding reform bill
Several lawmakers say they will push for a bill in the January session incorporating recommendations from a study on how the state funds public schools.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2013
Maine panel gets proposals to revamp education
State lawmakers will examine a report’s findings in deciding whether to propose changes in the way schools are funded.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2013
Mandela’s fight influenced Maine leaders
The UMaine system was among the first universities in the U.S. to take action to divest its investments in South Africa.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2013
Philanthropic couple provides seeds, Maine students grow
Grants from the Perloffs directly to teachers lead to hundreds of learning efforts that often become self-sufficient.
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