The meetings, tentatively planned for Oct. 10 and 30, will seek to provide clarity after contentious debates.
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Hissing cockroaches and tarantulas in Augusta? Museum offers hands-on learning
The annual event at the Maine State Museum featured 24 presenters showing off live insects, pulling children away from computers, tablets and the internet.
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ProPublica’s Alec MacGillis to get Colby’s Lovejoy Award
MacGillis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, will give the Lovejoy address Oct. 2 and receive an honorary doctorate from the college.
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RSU 9 students, parents, residents rally against cuts to budget
Voter turnout in the ten towns that make up the district is expected to be heavy Tuesday.
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Burnham boy raises money for hurricane victims
Dillon Whitney, 10, collected donations at a lemonade stand to give to the American Red Cross.
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Don’t tell Waterville Senior High School alumna Mollie Pleau she ‘can’t’
Pleau, a Smith College grad, is heading into the U.S. Air Force’s officer training school with high hopes of becoming an astronaut.
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More programs give special attention to first-generation university students
USM and other schools recognize the newcomers need help navigating campus life and study demands, which are unlike anything the first-in-the-family students have known.
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Turnout expected to be heavy for RSU 9 budget vote
A yes vote in favor of a million dollar cut that includes special education will have repercussions for the district and the residents of its towns.
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Racist, homophobic graffiti found in building on Bowdoin campus
The graffiti, which included a swastika, was believed to have been left on a white board between midnight and 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Eight students treated after being stung by insects on trail near South Portland school
Two of the students at Memorial Middle School are transported to Maine Medical Center after being stung by insects nesting in the ground.