Believing the school could raise enough money to continue is ‘not realistic,’ a school official tells supporters in a letter Wednesday.
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Anger flares over budget at Waterville Board of Education meeting
Board members call out fellow member Maryanne Bernier for suggesting the budget can be cut after she approved it weeks ago along with the rest of the board.
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Protesters target Northeastern over ICE contract
The university says says the grant isn’t funding research that has anything to do with immigration enforcement.
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Recount of Winslow bond and budget votes returns same result
Phil St. Onge, who initiated the petition for the recount, got a chance to review the ballots, which he said was his primary objective, but still has questions about why voters voted as they did.
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Maine Girls’ Academy says it’s $250,000 in debt but supporters still aim to keep it open
Expected tuition revenue would not cover costs next year, officials say at a meeting, but alumnae are pursuing ways to keep the state’s only all-girls school running.
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Winslow OKs surplus funds for preliminary school renovation project
$136,000 from town surplus funds to be paid back in full after bond money is received.
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Former Bowdoin president Barry Mills steps down as UMass Boston leader
Mills and his wife are looking forward to spending more time in Maine at their house in Cundy’s Harbor.
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Maine Girls’ Academy alumnae trying to keep their alma mater from closing
Supporters of the school, formerly Catherine McAuley High School, are raising funds and will meet with the school board Monday to find out what prompted the surprise decision to close the state’s only private all-girls school.
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Learning by scooping: Gardiner students get sweet business lesson
A Gardiner Area High School class in how to start a business leads students to operate an ice cream stand at Waterfront Park.
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Low enrollment leads Maine Girls’ Academy to ‘difficult and sad decision’ to close
The closure of Maine’s only all-girls private school stuns students, parents and alumnae.