The state has at least 84 square miles of blue carbon reservoirs, which store at least 1.7 million tons of carbon in the soil and vegetation. That much carbon is equal to the annual emissions of 1.25 million passenger cars.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Coy on legacy admissions, Maine’s top colleges contradict themselves
Reluctant to provide information about favorable treatment for children of alumni, Bates, Bowdoin and Colby show there are limits to their commitment to fairness and transparency.
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Maine colleges say Supreme Court ruling will harm efforts to create diverse campuses
With race effectively eliminated as a factor in college admissions, Maine schools must refocus their efforts to create diverse student bodies.
Posted inMaine, News, Sports
Cyclists finish 1st leg of Trek Across Maine
630 bikers arrived in Lewiston this afternoon for the Trek Across Maine.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Nation & World, Politics
Feds found classified papers among Edmund Muskie’s archives at Bates College
The former Secretary of State and U.S. senator from Maine was one of many high-ranking officials who mistakenly held on to secret paperwork.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Bates College graduates emerge from pandemic-altered college experience
Retiring Bates President Clayton Spencer watched Sunday for the last time in her 11-year tenure as the college’s 439 seniors flipped their tassels and became graduates.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
Students to pay almost 4% more to attend Bates College
Bates will be charging $81,382 for tuition, room and board in the coming academic year, a $3,092 increase over this year’s tab.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Mount David Summit: Bates College’s version of ‘March Madness’
College celebrated a stunning variety of research and artistic work
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Bates College workers reject proposed union
National Labor Relations Board staffers who counted the ballots said 254 voted against the union while 186 favored it.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Union ballots at Bates College will be counted soon
LEWISTON — The National Labor Relations Board decided Friday that ballots cast 14 months ago on whether to create a union for Bates College support staff and non-tenured faculty will soon be counted. Bates President Clayton Spencer said in an open letter that the college heard the news Friday and is waiting for details. The […]