Nearly a decade after it was introduced, a strain of potato developed by the University of Maine is proving popular among consumers and farmers alike.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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UMaine Machias to offer new nursing program via UMaine Augusta partnership
The Downeast Nursing Track will allow students to earn a bachelor’s in nursing from the Augusta college while going to school in Machias.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
About 300 Lewiston middle schoolers get naloxone training as part of state mandate
As the state-mandated training for administering the overdose antidote makes its way to school districts across the state, hundreds of middle schoolers attended Lewiston’s training two days in a row. More than half of them chose to leave with a naloxone kit.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Kennebunk teachers’ union files complaint against school board
The Kennebunk Arundel Kennebunkport Educators Association accuses the district of engaging in a prohibited labor practice and violating the rights of its employees under state labor laws.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Schools and Education
UMaine System to request another round of proposals for Hutchinson Center sale
A new request for proposals on the Belfast property will be released by the end of next week and will remain open until November.
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Portland educator, politician hired as Maine’s first green schools director
Former University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings began work this week promoting sustainability in the state’s schools.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Schools and Education, The Forecaster
Longtime Yarmouth school board member resigns over health concerns
The longtime committee member is undergoing cancer treatment and said he didn’t have the energy to continue to serve the school district.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Why is building and renovating schools so expensive?
Maine Department of Education data of state-funded major construction projects shows how costs have grown in recent years.
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UMaine System lays off 13 IT employees, reassigns dozens more
The layoffs are part of a broader restructuring of the systemwide IT department, Chief Information Officer Robert Placido told workers Friday afternoon in an email obtained by the Press Herald.
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Sixth grader arrested after Gray-New Gloucester school bus evacuated
Police searched the 11-year-old suspect’s home and found the ‘suspicious device,’ which was determined not to be an explosive. The boy was released to his parents while the district attorney considers whether to file charges.