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Midcoast Youth Center launches workforce development program

Midcoast Youth Center announces the launch of the Career Opportunities and Advancing Skills Together (COAST) workforce development program, which connects 16- to 24-year-old students and young adults to meaningful and engaging career and community learning opportunities. The program has a two-pronged approach to career success: 1. A seven-week training program covering topics such as writing […]

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MSAD 75 board names Heidi O’Leary interim superintendent of schools

  Maine School Administrative District 75 has chosen its director of special education, Heidi O’Leary, to serve as its interim superintendent of schools for the coming academic year. The district’s board of directors approved O’Leary’s appointment in a 12-2 vote on Thursday, with board members Eric Lusk, of Harpswell, and Brandy Robertson, of Bowdoin, voting […]

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The Conversation: Trump charged under Espionage Act – which covers a lot more crimes than just spying

THE CONVERSATION — Former President Donald Trump’s indictment by a federal grand jury in Miami includes 31 counts of violating a part of the Espionage Act of 1917. The Espionage Act has historically been employed most often by law-and-order conservatives. But the biggest uptick in its use occurred during the Obama administration, which used it as the hammer of choice for […]

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The Recycle Bin: Tidal wave of ocean plastic

The United Nations Environment Program had another meeting June 5 on implementing solutions to rapidly rising plastic garbage pollution in lakes, rivers and oceans worldwide. Plastic was first produced in 1950 from oil and has risen to 460 million tons per year by 2019, with higher amounts in high-income countries. Europe has banned production of […]