The University of Maine had chosen to sell its former Belfast campus to Calvary Chapel Belfast in August, but rescinded the offer after complaints from the community about the bidding process.
Riley Board
Staff Writer
Riley covers education for the Press Herald. Before moving to Portland, she spent two years in Kenai, Alaska, reporting on local government, schools and natural resources for the public radio station KDLL as part of the Report for America program. Riley originally hails from Sarasota, Florida, and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, The Campus. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press, and at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Riley is passionate about roller skating, cooking and her cat, Edgar.
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University of Maine System students, faculty speak against proposed changes to free speech policies
At a meeting of the system’s board, community members called on trustees to reject draft changes to the policy and to divest from Israel.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
UMaine to sell Hutchinson Center to Waldo nonprofit for $3 million
The university picked Calvary Chapel Belfast in the first round, but it later rescinded the offer, citing an error in the bidding assessment process.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News
11 Maine legislative races will be recounted
The recounts will include House District 141, where Sanford Republican Lucas Lanigan tied with Democrat Patricia Kidder. Lanigan was charged in October with aggravated assault.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Cumberland deputies shoot armed Harrison man who allegedly fired at them
Arthur Lefebvre, 57, was taken to Maine Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. The deputies were identified as patrol deputy Brandon Pelton and detectives Nathan Therriault and Tyler Monsees.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation & World, Politics
Susan Collins ‘shocked’ at Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney general
Maine’s senior U.S. senator told reporters Wednesday that ‘the president has the right to nominate whomever he wishes, but I’m certain that there will be a lot of questions.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, News, Schools and Education
USM’s Crewe Center for the Arts prepares for August 2025 opening
The $63 million facility on the Portland campus, named for prolific songwriter Bob Crewe, will contain music practice rooms, performances spaces, an art gallery and classrooms.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
University of Maine System reports historically high retention rate
More than 75% of undergraduates who were enrolled last fall returned to school this year. The system said that’s the highest number since retention data tracking began 2 decades ago.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Waynflete School takes early steps to build new athletic center in Portland’s West End
Waynflete says the current gym, built in the ’70s, is too small and has structural issues. The campus falls within the West End Historic District, and the new facility will need to match the character of the surrounding neighborhood.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Southern Maine voters give mixed response to school bond projects
No community passed or failed all of the bonds on their ballots. Cape Elizabeth, Gray-New Gloucester and South Portland all rejected major school construction bonds while supporting smaller ones, yet Gorham approved a large renovation and rejected a tennis court project.