Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to meet a deadline for forming a government so opposition leader Yair Lapid will now try.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
UMaine System proposing 2.5% tuition increase for 2021-22
The tuition proposal, approved by the board of trustees’ finance committee Wednesday, will go to the full board May 24.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Committee recommends moving UMaine law school to temporary location in Old Port
Dean Leigh Saufley says the current law school building is ‘literally falling apart’ and the move is necessary as the university continues planning a new building on the USM campus.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Local & State
New Gloucester hires town manager to start May 10
The Selectboard hired former Gardiner City Manager Christine M. Landes, who will start her three-year contract May 10 on a base salary of $92,500.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Video: Whitefield Elementary School wins Maine DOE cooking competition
Regional School Unit 12 students beat South Portland in the final competition of the Maine Department of Education’s 2021 Farm to School Cook-off.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Tigers score three in 10th, then hold off Red Sox, 6-5
Boston scores twice in the bottom of the 10th, but the rally falls short.
Posted inSports
Boxing: Berry ready for new step in boxing career
The West Forks native will fight outside New England for the first time in his pro career this Saturday.
Posted inMorning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Winslow Public Schools eye return to in-person learning 5 days a week this fall
Superintendent Peter Thiboutout wrote a letter to the community Wednesday outlining the district’s intention to drop its hybrid model for the next school year, regardless of whether the state alters its physical distancing guidelines for schools.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Massachusetts shoe company executive pleads guilty to embezzling $30 million
He embezzled the money from a nearly 140-year-old company by writing checks to himself from company bank accounts and transferring funds from company accounts to his personal accounts and to another person.
Posted inVarsity Maine
High school notebook: Hall-Dale softball dominates competition with well-rounded attack
Bulldogs have gotten the job done both offensively, defensively, on the way to a 4-0 record.