The Comments Section: Letter Writer of the Month and Facebook discourse
Editorial page editors Greg Kesich and Sarah Collins dug into the mailbags to crown Kathleen Mikulka as June’s Letter Writer of the Month. In this episode, Mikulka joins us to share more about her...
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Measure calling for Maine to pay down student debt stalls in Legislature
AUGUSTA — A bill to create a state-sponsored program that would erase college loan debt for people who agree to live and work in Maine for at least five years stalled Thursday in the Legislature. The...
View ArticleFalmouth High principal chosen to head Deering High
Gregg Palmer, principal of Falmouth High School, has been chosen to be principal of Deering High School, according to a release from the Portland School District. Palmer would replace former Principal...
View ArticleBelgrade residents consider withdrawing from RSU 18
BELGRADE — A public hearing is scheduled for September for residents to weigh in on a petition calling for withdrawing from Regional School Unit 18. Selectmen on Tuesday accepted a petition to begin...
View ArticleFour New England colleges coordinate training for green careers
CONCORD, N.H. — Four colleges in three New England states are working together to train students and make it easier for them to create programs for their region’s growing green building and resilient...
View ArticleScarborough residents voting again today on school budget
Scarborough voters will go to the polls Tuesday to vote for a second time on a school budget that has been reduced by $236,000 from the initial proposal. The revised $47.2 million school budget...
View ArticleScarborough residents again reject school budget
Scarborough’s second attempt to pass a new school budget failed Tuesday as hundreds of voters turned out to spurn a scaled-back spending proposal. Final results of the school budget validation...
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School, health officials vow to save student health centers after cuts
Education and health officials vowed Thursday to save school health centers that were hit by surprise cutbacks included in the state budget compromise that ended Maine’s government shutdown on July 3....
View ArticleOakland school district creating 5-year plan to fix fire code violations
An Oakland-based school district is facing a five-year deadline and millions of dollars in costs to correct dozens of fire code violations. Regional School Unit 18 received a report from the Office of...
View ArticleUC-Irvine pulls 499 students’ provisional acceptance
This spring, thousands of graduating high school seniors accepted offers of admission to the University of California, Irvine. They made it through a competitive selection process – 36 percent of those...
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Two children at Portland day camp diagnosed with MRSA skin infections
Two children who attended a summer day camp in Portland have been diagnosed with an antibiotic-resistant skin infection commonly known as MRSA, city officials said Tuesday. City Hall spokeswoman...
View ArticlePortland weighs options for extra school funding from the state
School officials in Portland are getting back to work this week to figure out what to do with an additional $2.7 million in state funding that emerged from the final state budget deal. At Tuesday...
View ArticleJustice Department will probe ‘anti-white bias’ in higher education
Trump appointees at the Justice Department will soon launch an investigation of affirmative action programs at the nation’s colleges and universities aimed at rooting out alleged anti-white bias,...
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Maine colleges defend emphasis on diversity in response to report of Trump...
Maine college and university officials are defending their commitment to diversity in response to reports that the Trump administration plans to investigate, and possibly sue, educational institutions...
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Unity College wins national sustainability award
In the race to sustainability, a small college in central Maine is proving tough competition. Unity College won the grand prize for sustainability in July at the National Association of College and...
View ArticleProgressive Portland gives $20,000 to 4-school renovation campaign
The campaign to renovate four elementary schools in Portland just got a huge funding boost. Progressive Portland, a nonprofit advocacy group that formed in January, donated $20,000 to a political...
View ArticlePortland schools to phase in plan for new grading system
Portland school officials will phase in a new and more complex grading system this fall, dropping plans to adopt it immediately for the entering high school freshman class, which will be the first to...
View ArticleHey, Portland students: Good behavior equals your ticket to activities
Portland district students may soon have to do more than maintain a B average to be eligible for sports and co-curricular activities. They’d also have to play nice with others. A policy approved by the...
View ArticleUMaine Presque Isle offers online business administration degree for flat fee
In a bid to attract students who have some college experience but no degree, the University of Maine at Presque Isle is offering a new online business administration degree for a flat fee of $2,000 per...
View ArticleWorkers’ comp insurer to put up $1.5 million for endowed chair at USM
The MEMIC Group announced Tuesday it will provide $1.5 million to the University of Southern Maine and help the institution leverage an additional $1.5 million in matching gifts for an endowed chair...
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