Job market shows signs of improvement for Class of 2021

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Published
May 9, 2021

Job market shows signs of improvement for Class of 2021

The hiring outlook is better than last year, but the job search process has changed and new graduates are preparing to step into workplaces that still look different due to the pandemic.
Published
May 8, 2021

As U.S. reopens, campuses tighten restrictions for virus

Students are among the last adults to get access to vaccines.
Published
May 7, 2021

Several hundred students gather at Bates to call for defunding campus security

The students pleaded with Bates College to transform its Campus Safety Department.
Published
May 7, 2021

Students want answers after St. Dom’s principal fired

Marianne Pelletier, superintendent of Maine Catholic Schools, said Tim Gallic was let go because of budget cuts.
Published
May 7, 2021

Maine colleges go hybrid with mix of in-person and virtual graduation ceremonies this year

Graduations will look different for a second year in a row but campuses are finding ways to recognize students through smaller in-person events with COVID precautions.
Published
May 5, 2021

UMaine System proposing 2.5% tuition increase for 2021-22

The tuition proposal, approved by the board of trustees' finance committee Wednesday, will go to the full board May 24.
Published
May 5, 2021

Committee recommends moving UMaine law school to temporary location in Old Port

Dean Leigh Saufley says the current law school building is ‘literally falling apart’ and the move is necessary as the university continues planning a new building on the USM campus.
Published
May 5, 2021

Video: Whitefield Elementary School wins Maine DOE cooking competition

Regional School Unit 12 students beat South Portland in the final competition of the Maine Department of Education's 2021 Farm to School Cook-off.
Published
May 4, 2021

Relatively few teens have gotten vaccinated. A few Casco Bay High students explain why they did

Although COVID-19 appears less risky to young people, there are other issues to consider, such as trying to achieve herd immunity, some said.
Published
May 3, 2021

Supporters urge Portland councilors to support full school budget proposal

The school budget hearing comes after the council's Finance Committee voted last week to require the Portland Board of Public Education to reduce its proposed $5.3 million increase by $1.5 million.