Youth
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PublishedAugust 6, 2023
Two Maine authors turn their life stories into novels in verse
'The Road to After' and 'The Name She Gave Me' draw on the writers' own circumstances, as they grew up in — and found their way out of — dysfunctional families.
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
Efforts intensify to recruit referees and umpires for Maine youth sports
Clinics are popping up across the state for new officials – ranging in age from teenagers to retirees – in multiple sports.
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PublishedApril 8, 2023
Hundreds of children flock to Easter egg hunt at Portland’s Payson Park
It's the first egg hunt managed by the city's Parks and Recreation Department.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2023
Youth center abuse scandal presents New Hampshire with complex challenges
While law enforcement and the legal system grapple with the Manchester facility’s troubled past, lawmakers are still figuring out its future.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Cavalier attitudes about vaping, marijuana raise fears about teen health
Smoking and drinking have declined among Maine youths in recent years, but the percentage of high schoolers who said they vaped in the past 30 days rose from 16.8% in 2015 to 30.2% in 2019.
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PublishedJune 23, 2021
New Hampshire among states grappling with closing youth detention centers
As states from California to Maine consider drastic changes to youth detention centers, New Hampshire is grappling with its own facility that has been rocked by abuse allegations from years past
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PublishedMarch 16, 2021
Youth Coalition ready to take on racial equity in schools and more
The Gateway Community Services Maine group's primary goal is to improve communities for their peers in Portland and Lewiston.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2021
Maine Voices: Lowering voting age to 16 will give more stakeholders a say in our democracy
Today’s young people are expected to fix past generations’ mistakes, yet we don’t have the basic right to cast a ballot. L.D. 706 would change that.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2021
Blunt Youth Radio gives teens voice on environmental issues
A new initiative trains high school students in radio broadcasting while they create content on climate and other environmental topics important to them.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2021
Squash leader takes on challenge of after school care access
As an Afterschool Alliance ambassador, Barrett Takesian will study ways to increase access to programs throughout the state.
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