Testing identifies several types of mold in the 10-year-old Spring Point Residence Hall, some of it low levels of ‘black mold.’ Some students say the school was slow to inform them of the problem.
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Tony McLaughlin, longtime admissions director at UMF, dies at 76
After his retirement from UMF in 1999, the Wilton resident worked as a college advancement coach for the MELMAC Education Foundation.
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Thomas College program helping give first-generation students an EDGE
A program that brings first generation freshmen to campus before the semester starts has been highlighted in a report addressing Maine’s workforce challenges.
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Westbrook lawmaker accused of misconduct with students resigns his House seat
Democrat Dillon Bates has been accused of having inappropriate relationships with female students while teaching at Maine Girls’ Academy, an allegation he and his lawyer have repeatedly denied.
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New University of Maine president puts her science and math background to work
Joan Ferrini-Mundy is tasked with developing new ways of meeting the state’s growing workforce needs.
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Mold shuts down dormitory at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland
About 60 students living there were relocated Sunday so officials could conducts tests and seek housing alternatives should a quick fix elude them.
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Schools grapple with obligations to migrant children in shelters
U.S. school systems prepare for the first day of school on their public campuses and in new classrooms set up at nearby federal youth migrant shelters.
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Maine Academy of Natural Sciences graduates 32 at Fairfield campus
The state’s first public charter school graduated its seventh class recently.
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Skowhegan downtown charter school pays off town loans, applies for another
Travis Works, executive director of the Cornville Regional Charter School, said the town’s revolving loan for $100,000 has been paid in full, just in time for him to apply for another $100,000 from the revolving loan fund.
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Winslow town attorney says ‘citizen initiative’ to repeal school bond approval is illegal
Town attorney Bill Lee said the town charter contains no authority to have a “referendum on a referendum,” as opponents of an $8.1 million school renovation and consolidation plan press ahead.