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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Graduation season begins as hundreds receive degrees from the University of Southern Maine
The University of Maine System handed out thousands of degrees in ceremonies in Orono, Augusta, Farmington, Fort Kent, Presque Isle, Portland and Machias.
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Posted inMaine, Times Record
Bowdoin College professors sign letter supporting Gaza protesters
College professors condemned severe responses by universities and police to protests across the country and called on the school to honor a referendum that students are voting on this week.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
University of Maine at Augusta graduates 551 Saturday in 56th annual commencement exercises
Grace Leavitt, president of the Maine Education Association, was the class of 2024 commencement speaker.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Two adults, child suffer burns after Anson campfire started with accelerant
The incident was reported just after 7 p.m. Friday on New Portland Road in North Anson.
Posted inLocal Government, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Hartland voters approve $1.7 million municipal budget
The annual town meeting was held Saturday at the Irving Tanning Community Center on Elm Street.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville apartment building fire displaces 5 people in city’s downtown
The fire was first reported late Friday night at 6 Front Place off Front Street and firefighters extinguished the fire by 1:30 a.m. Saturday, but returned later in the morning after the flames had rekindled.
Posted inMaine
Major data breach involving 2 Maine firms headed to court
BerryDunn, a Portland accounting firm, and Reliable Networks of Biddeford are trading blame about who is responsible for the breach that resulted in the theft of personal information ranging from Social Security numbers to medical data of more than a million people.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
College graduations begin in Maine even as protests disrupt ceremonies around the U.S.
Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Kittery Trading Post threatens to move firearms sales to New Hampshire over new gun law
The outdoor sports retailer said the law will have ‘irreversible consequences’ for its business, which relies heavily on tourism.