The donation from the founder of IDEXX Laboratories will support the new David Evans Shaw Institute of Public and Planetary Health.
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Posted inEvents, News, Open Door
Open Door with Sarah Belliveau, CEO and President of BerryDunn
Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 8 a.m. – Sarah Belliveau, leader of the national professional services firm BerryDunn, headquartered in Portland, will join us at the Roux Institute.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Amtrak Downeaster operator wants your thoughts on future of service
The rail authority is holding two open houses seeking insight from locals on their travel patterns and any ideas they may have for service improvements.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Eliot Cutler accused of violating probation for 5th time
New court documents allege that the 2-time Maine gubernatorial candidate failed to provide police investigators with correct passwords to his electronic devices, which are subject to searches.
Posted inCommunity, News
Missing 24-year-old Winslow man safely located
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife reported Zachary Crothers was located Thursday morning.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Author Lily King a finalist for international Women’s Prize for Fiction
King is one of six authors up for the honor, for her book “Heart the Lover.”
Posted inBusiness, Fact Brief, Health, Maine, News
Can data centers contaminate wells and other water sources? | Fact brief
Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that would temporarily bar many new data centers; Gov. Janet Mills has not yet signed it.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Suit against trans sports referendum dealt potential blow by Maine officials
The attorney general’s office says the number of faulty signatures submitted in support of the referendum doesn’t appear to be enough to invalidate it. But questions remain.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Maine congressional candidate backs Katie Porter for California governor amid controversy
Jordan Wood, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Maine’s 2nd District, signed a letter in support of his former boss, who is running for California governor while grappling with a video of her yelling at a staffer.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Maine
Maine author Elizabeth Strout’s new book is set away, for a change
‘The Things We Never Say’ comes out May 5 and is set in a coastal Massachusetts town. Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for ‘Olive Kitteridge,’ one of her Maine-set novels.