The bill faces one more vote in the Maine Senate before being sent to Gov. Janet Mills, who has not weighed in on the proposal.
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Bowdoin College student’s death ruled a suicide
Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan said in a statement Tuesday that 20-year-old Qingyang Zhan, of California, took her own life Sunday morning.
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Author-to-author event at UUCB benefits literacy education
Maine writer and memoirist Phuc Tran (author of “Sigh, Gone”) and poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc will share the stage at 7 p.m. on April 27 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick for a fundraiser to support literacy education. The evening will feature Tran and Fay-LeBlanc reading from their work and in conversation about their inspirations […]
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Rep. Arford and Councilor Updegraph to hold office hours at Brunswick library
Rep. Poppy Arford, D-Brunswick, and Brunswick Town Councilor Sande Updegraph will hold constituent office hours from 9:30-11 a.m. on April 13 at the Curtis Memorial Library in the second-floor seminar room 205. The office hours will provide local residents a chance to meet with their elected officials and discuss local and state government matters. Arford […]
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Trout Unlimited meeting will feature screening of fish passage documentary
The Merrymeeting Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited will feature at its next meeting a free screening of the documentary feature film, “A Watershed Moment.” The film tells the story of an all-hands effort involving fishermen, three coastal Maine communities, nonprofit organizations, and state and federal management agencies to restore fish passage throughout the Bagaduce River […]
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Official says proposed trans student policy change could promote harassment
Local school district officials have chosen not to accommodate a community petition seeking to amend the district’s new anti-discrimination policy for transgender and gender-expansive students, saying the proposed change could enable bullying and discrimination. A former educator launched a petition drive in opposition to a section of the Maine School Administrative District 75 policy that requires students, […]
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Educators seek to curb ‘troubling’ effects of student social media use
Chris Hoffman is adamant that the most urgent challenge facing educators today is how to curb the negative effects of social media and smartphone use on children and adolescents. “I don’t overstate this when I say I believe this is the issue of our time,” said Hoffman, principal of Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham, […]
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Maine House upholds Gov. Mills’ veto of bill to limit noncompete contract clauses
Mills says she vetoed the bill because she wanted a compromise and was not convinced existing limits are not working.
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Julia Gagnon of Cumberland secures top 24 spot on ‘American Idol’
The USM student is headed to Hawaii to compete week by week with the other finalists on the TV singing contest.
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Bowdoin College community shaken by student’s death
Authorities are awaiting autopsy results on Qingyang Zhan, a 20-year-old junior whose body was found in a parking lot in Topsham early Sunday. Police say there is no threat to the public.
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