The city’s Board of Education voted 6-1 Monday night to dismiss the Waterville Senior High School principal, rejecting a chance to reopen evidence to consider new allegations out of New Hampshire.
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The opiate crisis: Solving the complex puzzle of addiction
Carey Clark considers several ideas of how we can take a more physiological-mind-body-spirit viewpoint of addiction versus a criminal perspective.
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University of Maine System had $18 million operating loss in last fiscal year
Officials blame rocky financial markets and severance costs after staffing cuts; trustees approve a conceptual plan for a center for online learning.
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Two former students in New Hampshire allege inappropriate relationships with Reiter, police say
Waterville police reopen investigation into Waterville High School principal after one student says their relationship culminated in sex and another produces 147 letters purportedly from him.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Mt. Blue Middle School principal announces plans to retire
After 30 years at the school, Principal Gary Oswald will retire at the end of the 2015-2016 school year.
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Bates College student recounts attack outside Paris soccer stadium
‘All of a sudden, they have taken our freedom from us,’ Emilia Calderon says of the terrorists.
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Troubling trend seen in campus protests
When activists quash expression of controversial views, they may limit free speech, civil libertarians warn.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Program encouraging healthy habits for kids catches on in Franklin County
Let’s Go, a Portland-based organization, is working to reinforce healthy habits among children by providing a support system for smaller health programs around the state.
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Waterville police looking into NH Reiter allegations
Police have received ‘more than one’ communication from former students of the Waterville High School principal, alleging the ‘same type of behavior’ occurred in New Hampshire.
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Waterville students rally in support of Reiter
A small group of students and parents gathered on Friday in front of Waterville Senior High School in a show of support for embattled Principal Don Reiter.