Schools in Bath, St. Agatha and Old Orchard Beach topped Maine’s new major construction priority list of 95 projects, while a state commission is studying a better way to fund critical school construction.
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Maine Maritime Academy brings training center to former Wayfair building in Brunswick
With an eye toward creating a regional training center for the maritime trades, Maine Maritime Academy has leased the nearly 50,000-square-foot former Wayfair call center at Brunswick Landing. The Maritime Industrial Workforce Training Center already has welcomed a first cohort from the decades-old Bath Iron Works Apprentice School. In August, nearly 20 students from Region […]
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Appeals court sides against Lincoln County mom who argued school concealed child’s gender expression
Amber Lavigne sued a Damariscotta district in 2023, alleging it violated her rights by withholding information about her child using a different name and pronouns in school.
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Longtime Lewiston preschool to close, citing Medicaid shortfalls
‘There is unfortunately no financially viable path forward to keeping the program open,’ a company official said.
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A rundown of the revised Arundel, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport school district budget
After the original RSU 21 budget failed in June, the revised version will hit the ballot box in August.
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An array of Maine cooking classes offers something for everyone
From Kennebunkport to Lincolnville, pizza making to cider tasting, kids to grownups to workmates, local cooking classes cover the field.
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UMaine researchers studying how to manage spruce forests in face of intensifying heat, drought
Much of Maine’s coast hosted shady stands of red spruce before it was heavily harvested and succeeded by sun-tolerant species like oak and aspen.
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What happens to school budgets when Mainers vote ‘no’?
At least a dozen school districts saw budget rejections this year. Here’s how they’re trying to move forward.
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More former Hyde School students allege mistreatment. Others say experience was positive.
The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram published an investigation last week featuring accounts of negative experiences from former students of the private school in Bath. Hyde also has been sued in federal court, but leaders have denied all allegations.
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Collins, other Republicans ask White House to unfreeze federal education grants
‘Withholding these funds will harm students, families and local economies,’ the letter from Collins and 9 Senate colleagues states.