The rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to increase from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1, just as millions of new college students start signing up for fall courses.
March 2013
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Arizona gun proponents launch free shotgun program
The Armed Citizen Project is part of a national campaign to give shotguns to single women and homeowners in the nation’s crime-ridden neighborhoods.
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Whitefield Historical Society receives grant
WHITEFIELD — The Whitefield Historical Society has been awarded a $1,000 grant as part of the Maine Historical Records Advisory Program, administered by the Maine State Archives and funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Heart and Soul project honors city’s volunteers
GARDINER — Organizers from the City of Gardiner, Gardiner Main Street, Gardiner Public Library, Kennebec Local Food Initiative, Johnson Hall, Gardiner Rotary Club, and the Boys and Girls Club recently gathered to recognize their volunteers and the spirit of community service as part of the Gardiner Heart and Soul project.
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College students recognized
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Kaitlyn Deering of Sidney, Maine, has been named to the fall 2012 semester president’s list at Plymouth State University.
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Prospective LePage rivals back minimum wage increase
All are Democrats, but independent Eliot Cutler and the governor prefer other ways to boost paychecks for low-income workers.
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Some wins likely for gay marriage
A nationwide law, no; but Supreme Court justices lean toward other changes that could widen the field.
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Pope washes, kisses feet of inmates, including 2 young women
No previous pope has ever washed women’s feet, and current liturgical rules restrict the ritual to men.
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Information needed from central Maine residents for bear study
UNITY — Information related to a multi-year Maine black bear study is sought from central Maine residents, according to a press release.
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UMA offers college planning workshops
AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta will hold two free college-planning workshops in the Fireplace Lounge of the Randall Student Center on the Augusta campus. The workshops will be 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 4.