WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks nominations for four positions on the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. Nominations will be open to public until Saturday, July 15. The 12-member committee, which first convened in March 2022, is part of USDA’s efforts to increase support for urban agriculture and innovative production. Members […]
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UMaine Extension 4-H to introduce teens to adulting concepts in June
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H plans to offer a short-term online 4-H club for youth ages 13-18 about basic adult life skills. The club runs from 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, June 21-July 26. Required registration closes Saturday, June 10. The 4-H Adulting 101 series aims to introduce basic adult life skills by exploring […]
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Sports Digest: Boston Marathon icon Rick Hoyt dies at 61
Rick Hoyt, who completed 32 Boston Marathons and many other races with his father, Dick, pushing his wheelchair, dies at age 61.
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NBA playoffs: Downtrodden Celtics must go where no team has gone before
Boston trails Miami 3-0 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, and no NBA team has rallied to win the series after losing the first three games.
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Talks with SAD 49 ongoing as Albion continues push to leave school district
A district consolidation plan calls for the eventual closure of Albion Elementary School, but the town is pushing a proposal in which it would withdraw from the district, operate the elementary school on its own and secure an agreement from SAD 49 to accept its older students.
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Longtime Waterville educator named assistant superintendent of schools
Jennifer Allen, 54, of Winthrop received unanimous support Monday in a vote of the Waterville Board of Education.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
UMaine System trustees approve tuition, fee increases
Citing declining enrollment, inflation and other financial pressures, the board adopts a budget that will raise tuition 3% for in-state students beginning this fall. Room and board and student fees also will rise.
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Local roundup: Cony softball picks up key win over Lawrence
Suri Ramkissoon earns win in circle and has big day at the plate for the Rams.
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Baseball: Foster’s walk-off single lifts Cony past Lawrence in extras
Rams top Bulldogs 2-1 in nine innings to avenge lone loss of season.
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Extreme weather caused 2 million deaths, $4 trillion in losses over last 50 years, UN says
The World Meteorological Organization said most of the economic damage between 1970 and 2021 came in the U.S. – totaling $1.7 trillion – but 9 in 10 deaths worldwide took place in developing countries.