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USM announces $1.65 million bequest, largest in school history

The gift from Doc and Melissa Costello will fund improvements to the sports complex that bears their name.

by Ryan Osborne Fort Worth Star-Telegram November 23, 2015November 24, 2015

Ahmed Mohamed, who was suspended, is seeking $15 million from the city of Irving and the Irving School District.

by The Associated Press November 23, 2015November 23, 2015

The ocean engineering lab will help determine if offshore wind power components withstand the sea’s buffeting.

Waterville Senior High’s production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ benefits from a costume created by a sheet metal shop.

by The Associated Press November 20, 2015November 20, 2015

Student protesters demand the university acknowledge what they say is Wilson’s racist legacy.

by Rick Noack The Washington Post November 18, 2015November 18, 2015

Women employ a wider range of strategies to learn English as a non-native language, an author of the study says.

Old accusations of misconduct in New Hampshire did not figure into their firing of the principal, members say.

A performing arts high school in Sidney and an elementary school in Lewiston-Auburn are tentatively approved for the fall of 2016.

The city’s Board of Education votes 6-1 to dismiss the Waterville Senior High School principal, who has 30 days to appeal the decision.

Officials blame rocky financial markets and severance costs after staffing cuts; trustees approve a conceptual plan for a center for online learning.