A bond project in Cape Elizabeth and the budget in Gorham are among the elections that are expected to be closely contested on Tuesday.
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Staff Writer
Riley covers education for the Press Herald. Before moving to Portland, she spent two years in Kenai, Alaska, reporting on local government, schools and natural resources for the public radio station KDLL as part of the Report for America program. Riley originally hails from Sarasota, Florida, and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, The Campus. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press, and at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Riley is passionate about roller skating, cooking and her cat, Edgar.
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Biddeford High School sends off Class of 2025
175 seniors walked the stage in Biddeford High School’s Tiger Gym, where they heard messages about keeping it simple and making their impact on the world.
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Scarborough High revives student newspaper after 12 years of inactivity
A group of underclassmen founded The Storm this school year at a time when more and more young people eschew traditional media sources.
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Bill to support later high school start times passes in House, Senate
The measure, which originally mandated a statewide 8:30 a.m. or later high school start time, was amended to create funding for districts to pilot a later start time.
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South Portland superintendent announces resignation
Tim Matheney, who joined the district in 2021 and will wrap up his duties on Dec. 5, cited differences with the school board, saying the members ‘should have the opportunity to identify a new leader who is more aligned with them.’
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Parent, retired music teacher running in Portland school board special election
Absentee voting in the special election for an open at-large seat on Portland’s Board of Education has already begun, and election day is June 10.
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Unity Environmental University celebrates largest graduating class ever with Neil deGrasse Tyson
The once small, residential college now enrolls nearly 10,000 students in mostly online degree programs, and will honor about 1,000 in Portland’s Merrill Auditorium Friday.
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Proposed Portland school cellphone ban gets mixed reaction
Many speakers at a school board workshop Tuesday night support the proposal, but others, including many students, express concern about its implementation and equity.
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Portland high schooler brings recognition of day against Asian hate to Maine
Waynflete student YuJi Smith spearheaded the effort to get Asian American and Pacific Islander Day Against Bullying and Hate on May 18 recognized by the state of Maine and city of Portland.
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In the push for a statewide school cellphone ban in Maine, local control could stand in the way
Many teachers, parents and school leaders in Maine support bell-to-bell school phone bans, but lawmakers this month scaled back on a bill, citing overreach of local control.