Districtwide referendum scheduled for Tuesday in 10 towns to finalize numbers.
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RSU 9 voters to weigh in on budget Tuesday
The budget, rejected by the 10 towns in the district in June, has been pared to $32 million.
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UMaine System facing $16 million operating loss
The system saw $11 million in new retirement and severance costs.
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Kingfield votes to remain in SAD 58
In a community almost split down the middle, the conversation leading up to the vote remained civil.
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Unity College recognized for ‘green’ campus, innovative learning
Two national organizations, Colleges of Distinction and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, give the college top marks
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KVCC program for disadvantaged students gets $1.4 million
TRiO program to get $284,745 annually for the next five years for the program that assists more than 180 students.
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UMF Longfellow workshop hones teenagers’ craft
In intensive writing workshop, teens work with published authors and UMF faculty members to explore different genres, including the release of “Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee.
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Kingfield to vote on leaving SAD 58
Following a row about the budget and a feud between teachers and the school board, voters in Kingfield might have had enough of the district.
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Studying how traumatic childhood events affect health
I first learned of the adverse childhood experiences (ACE) study a few years ago as I was working on understanding how stress impacts our health and well-being through the psychoneuroimmunological system. The ACE study was performed in the late 1990s by the Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente with 17,000 participants, and the goal […]
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Former Salt Institute students present plan to rescue school
The nonprofit’s directors, who announced last month that the school will close, plans to respond to Save Salt’s proposal by the end of July.