A 5-year, $647,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will go to help academically talented students at the Standish college in need of financial assistance.
Noel K. Gallagher
Noel Gallagher covers K-12 and higher education issues statewide. Her stories are a mix of breaking news and trend stories. In recent years, they’ve ranged from why college costs so much, the launch of the state’s first charter schools, how a school welcomed a transgender student and why Maine schools have a hard time finding teachers. She’s enough of a news nerd to enjoy sitting through legislative education committee meetings and hours-long school board meetings so you don’t have to.
The Maine Press Association has honored Noel’s work, but she says she writes for the readers, in the firm belief that an informed citizenry is key to a healthy democracy.
Noel is a California native who has worked at wire services, online websites and newspapers across the country. She was in Washington D.C. during the early Clinton years, covering AIDS activism in 1990s San Francisco, documenting the business of wine in Sonoma County and riding out the boom and bust cycle of the early Internet era in early 2000s Silicon Valley. She arrived in Maine at the beginning of the recession and wrote quite a bit about the downturn here.
In her free time, Noel writes the occasional cookbook review, spends an inordinate amount of time at the Portland Public Library and hangs out with her three fabulous kids and wonderful husband. She is not a former member of the band Oasis.
Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food
‘Feeding a Family, A Real-Life Plan for Making Dinner Work’ lives up to its title
Even for the busiest parents, this book will help get a healthful, delicious meal on the table.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Portland school officials recommend putting most of extra state money toward tax relief
The rest of the $1.7 million would go toward capital improvements and restoring some programs cut during budget deliberations.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Schools and Education
UMaine Presque Isle offers online business administration degree for flat fee
The program is already attracting interest in Aroostook County, university officials say.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Hey, Portland students: Good behavior equals your ticket to activities
The school board approves a policy tying standards such as politeness to eligibility for sports and clubs.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Portland schools to phase in plan for new grading system
The district will replace the zero-to-100 system with a 1-4 system at all middle schools this fall.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Portland weighs options for extra school funding from the state
Ideas for using the $2.7 million include tax relief and continuing to provide health services cut in the state budget.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine DHHS kills funding for school-based student health centers
The program that provides basic medical care to students who lack access to a doctor falls victim to the recent state budget negotiations.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Rockefeller estate in Maine on market for $19 million, to benefit good causes
The artwork and personal items in the philanthropic family’s seaside home in Seal Harbor also are being sold, with the proceeds going to trusts and nonprofits.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Measure calling for Maine to pay down student debt stalls in Legislature
The bill, aimed at adding younger people to Maine’s workforce by paying down school loans, is backed by Gov. LePage but needs more legislative support and is set aside.