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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PublishedJuly 7, 2014
Out-of-staters give UMaine system economic boost at a tough time
While overall numbers are down, commitments from non-Maine transfers and first-year students are up 9 percent.
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PublishedJune 27, 2014
Six charter schools to apply for four openings
Maine has four open slots for new charter schools; among the applicants is a virtual school that was rejected twice.
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PublishedJune 26, 2014
Six charter schools to apply for four openings in Maine
Among the applicants is a virtual school that was rejected twice.
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PublishedJune 26, 2014
UMaine chancellor urges businesses to support higher education
Chancellor James Page says the system will request more state funding to weather budget gaps.
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PublishedJune 25, 2014
Portland School Board adopts diploma standards, with changes
High schools will require students to have a post-graduation plan, but a pro-college emphasis has been dropped and more options added.
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PublishedJune 24, 2014
USM to sell Stone House in Freeport to cut costs
It is not widely used and needs an $8.5 million upgrade, while selling it will save up to $110,000 in annual costs, university officials say.
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PublishedJune 17, 2014
UMaine names Susan Hunter as interim president
Currently vice chancellor for academic affairs, she is the first woman to head the flagship school at Orono.
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PublishedJune 17, 2014
UMaine names Susan Hunter as interim president
Currently vice chancellor for academic affairs, she is the first woman to head the flagship school at Orono.
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PublishedJune 7, 2014
UMaine waves hiring rules
Former spokesman for Gov. LePage to return as executive director of public affairs.
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PublishedJune 6, 2014
UMaine System waives rules to hire executive public affairs position
Dan Demeritt, a former LePage staffer, is hired to a new $125,000-a-year position amid the system’s financial crisis.
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