Noel Gallagher covers K-12 and higher education issues statewide. Her stories are a mix of breaking news and trend stories. In recent years, they’ve ranged from why college costs so much, the launch of the state’s first charter schools, how a school welcomed a transgender student and why Maine schools have a hard time finding teachers. She’s enough of a news nerd to enjoy sitting through legislative education committee meetings and hours-long school board meetings so you don’t have to. The Maine Press Association has honored Noel’s work, but she says she writes for the readers, in the firm belief that an informed citizenry is key to a healthy democracy. Noel is a California native who has worked at wire services, online websites and newspapers across the country. She was in Washington D.C. during the early Clinton years, covering AIDS activism in 1990s San Francisco, documenting the business of wine in Sonoma County and riding out the boom and bust cycle of the early Internet era in early 2000s Silicon Valley. She arrived in Maine at the beginning of the recession and wrote quite a bit about the downturn here. In her free time, Noel writes the occasional cookbook review, spends an inordinate amount of time at the Portland Public Library and hangs out with her three fabulous kids and wonderful husband. She is not a former member of the band Oasis.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2014
National college faculty organization to investigate USM cuts
The group, which lobbies on behalf of academics, plans to send a team because the changes ‘seem to be much more far-reaching than those we’ve seen before.’
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PublishedDecember 1, 2014
Portland officials withhold findings from probe of Deering football coach
Citing ‘a personnel matter,’ the superintendent refuses to answer questions about the investigation of coach Matt Riddell, who resigned abruptly on Wednesday.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2014
Class-action settlement with state offers relief for families of disabled
It covers the cost of services and support for up to 1,000 adults with autism or developmental issues who have been on waiting lists.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2014
Students disrupt Maine university trustees meeting
About 100 student protesters shout down the board chairman, demanding the trustees stop the budget cuts at the University of Southern Maine.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2014
Trustees look at worst-case scenario for Maine university finances
The seven-campus system needs a drastic change in current trends to head off a deficit that could reach $90 million in 2020, according to a new five-year projection.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2014
Making USM ‘metropolitan’ can’t be done ‘on the cheap’
The head of the steering committee charged with creating a strategy says it would cost about $900,000 per year.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2014
Maine still ranks high in student loan debt
Graduating seniors from Maine’s public and private nonprofit colleges in 2013 had an average of $29,934 in debt, exceeding the national average of $28,400.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2014
USM cuts threaten thousands in grants for four students
With their research labs closing by Dec. 31, it’s unclear what will happen to their fellowships and who will take over as mentors.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2014
Property that burned had triggered complaints, but tenant views on landlord mixed
Portland’s mayor thinks it may be time to review how the city handles inspection of rentals.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2014
UMaine System reports fall enrollment down 2.5 percent
At the University of Southern Maine, which has 8,428 students in Portland, Gorham and Lewiston, overall enrollment is down 5.5 percent.
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