The college had dumped animal carcasses, human remains and stillborn fetuses decades ago.
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University of Maine at Farmington students host ‘Addiction in Our Community’ event
Students in the school’s Addiction Rehabilitation program created the event to help campus and community recovery effort as the state continues to grapple with record numbers of overdose deaths.
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Colby receives $25 million from Davis Family Foundation to guarantee every student an experience abroad
The gift provides the means to create for students DavisConnects, a ‘re-envisioning of the liberal arts in a global context.’
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RSU 38 committee recommends keeping Manchester Elementary open
The school, which has fought a mold problem in recent months, had a new concern raised in late March about carbon dioxide levels on campus.
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Winslow building committee gets approval to hire construction manager for consolidation project
The schools panel hopes to get a manager by the end of May and settle on a design and budget for the November referendum.
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Charter supporters urge Maine legislators to drop ‘10 schools in 10 years’ limit
Waiting lists show the demand for more is there, they say, but critics oppose expansion until the results of the education ‘experiment’ are reviewed.
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LePage envisions ‘about a dozen’ superintendents, total, for schools statewide
He proposes regional centers for operating schools and says the state doesn’t need nearly 150 superintendents.
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Woman who fought school junk food dies at 65
Dana Woldow became a crusader for healthy lunches in the San Francisco public schools.
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UConn students due in court in fatal accident case
The two are among six students facing charges stemming from an October party.
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Skowhegan-based SAD 54 might cut principal, teaching jobs if state aid sinks
Cuts in the school district’s $34.4 million budget could result in the loss of three teaching jobs and the elimination of a principal’s position to make up the difference.