BY NOEL K. GALLAGHER Portland Press Herald Maine is taking its first concrete steps to establish its first common standards for evaluating teacher performance. On Thursday, a task force announced it had reached agreement on what system to use to rate teachers and principals, while state officials unveiled a proposed rule change that spells out […]
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Maine is ME Student Art Challenge winners named
AUGUSTA — First Lady Ann M. LePage recently announced the selected artists for the Maine is ME Student Art Challenge. Artwork was submitted by 867 children in grades K-8 throughout Maine.
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‘AMERICAN LADY’ portrait of a socialite
BY DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press AMERICAN LADY: THE LIFE OF SUSAN MARY ALSOP By Caroline de Margerie Viking At its heart, this engaging, gentle biography is a tale of how a particular slice of the other half lived — in today’s parlance, that’s the 2 percent — in the mid-20th century. With its focus […]
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‘Heads in Beds’ promises keys to hotel industry kingdom
Room upgrades. Free movies. Late checkouts. Jacob Tomsky promises readers the keys to the hotel industry kingdom in his tell-all book, “Heads in Beds.” The one-time philosophy major has spent more than a decade working in the industry and, like room service, he delivers the goods.
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INDULGENCE: A great gift for everyone on your list
Two years of traveling the state for this column have demonstrated that Maine offers a lot of amazing restaurants, inns, events and adventures. Christmas is a great time to surprise your most-loved one with a gift certificate for some very special treats.
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SKOWHEGAN DISTRICT COURT
SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were closed from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, 2012 in Skowhegan District Court.
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‘THE BLACK BOX:’ Harry Bosch is back
BY JEFF AYERS Associated Press THE BLACK BOX By Michael Connelly Little, Brown and Co. Michael Connelly has been writing books featuring Los Angeles police Detective Harry Bosch for 20 years, and his 25th novel, “The Black Box,” continues his streak of telling stellar crime stories. Connelly’s writing is like the best flavor of ice […]
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KENNEBEC COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
AUGUSTA — A number of people were sentenced Monday and Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court:
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JOSEPH REISERT: Liberal arts professors challenged to show value of their disciplines
Change is coming to higher education, and probably sooner than we expect. Those of us who love the liberal arts must either speak out and find ways to demonstrate our value to the wider world, or accept that others will redefine higher education for us, against our will.