Incumbent Rosemarie De Angelis faces challenger Georgette Stone for the District 3 seat. Both say mental health is a top concern.
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2025 Maine Teacher of the Year sheds light on her big focus: outdoor learning
Becky Hallowell, fourth-grade educator at Wiscasset Elementary School, aims to move more Maine students outdoors.
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Portland Public Schools installs memorial bench for Lewiston shooting victim
The East End Community School and Maine Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing have dedicated the bench to Joshua Seal, who was an educational technician at the school from 2013-20.
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Mills creates committee to study Maine’s school construction funding
The 13-member commission’s study will be the first such review since 1998. ‘It’s time for a new look at how Maine pays for school construction,’ the governor says.
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Eros Oysters unveils its latest effort to grow
Inside the new development at Georgetown’s Robinhood Cove.
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Widow of conservative activist who died in June carrying on his lawsuit against Brewer schools
Patricia McBreairty is taking over a lawsuit her husband, Shawn McBreairty, filed in February. He died in June, but the suit will continue through the courts.
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Portland educator, politician hired as Maine’s first green schools director
Former University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings began work this week promoting sustainability in the state’s schools.
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Why is building and renovating schools so expensive?
Maine Department of Education data of state-funded major construction projects shows how costs have grown in recent years.
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UMaine System lays off 13 IT employees, reassigns dozens more
The layoffs are part of a broader restructuring of the systemwide IT department, Chief Information Officer Robert Placido told workers Friday afternoon in an email obtained by the Press Herald.
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STRIVE U hosts open house
STRIVE U, a two-year residential and educational post-secondary program for people ages 18-26 with intellectual disabilities, is holding an open house on Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the organization’s Nye Street campus in Portland. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about the program, ask questions, meet current staff and […]