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Maine school districts struggle with rising costs of special education
LEWISTON (WGME) -- The price of getting special education students what they need keeps going up. It's costing some districts hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more. Superintendents say they're seeing more students who require special education. That, along with what happens when schools have to get them additional...
Lewiston Bowling Alley to reopen 6 months after mass shooting
This Friday, the owners ofJust-In-Time Recreation will reopen its doors six months after one of the worst mass shootings in Maine history. Maine Public’s Susan Sharon reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
Lewiston, Maine Reimagines its 19th-century Mill District as a Destination
In March, the federal government approved a set of appropriation bills with $426 million in infrastructure funding for the state of Maine, including $5 million for a pair of unique riverfront revitalization projects in the city of Lewiston. The funding includes $3.9 million for a pilot project to reimagine the city’s historic canal system as a community asset with adjacent park amenities, as well as $1.1 million to reconstruct Beech Street to improve access to the city’s waterfront park, Simard-Payne Park, and to an adjacent future museum.
BQDC Investigation Finds No Evidence of Financial Mismanagement, APDA to be reinstated
In a letter sent to The Student on Apr. 23, Dean of the Faculty Malcolm Hill shared findings from his team’s ongoing investigation of the allegations of inequitable conduct and financial mismanagement against Director of Debate (DoD) Sammi Rippetoe. These allegations were made in an open letter published on...
Poland Springs and others switching to aluminum bottles
STATEWIDE -- The water many of us drink is going to look a little different. Bluetriton which owns Poland Spring, Deer Park, Ice Mountain, Arrowhead, and Pure Life is going to be putting its water in aluminum bottles. It's also going to be donating 1 percent of aluminum bottle sales...
Weather At Your School: Oxford Hills Middle School
PARIS, Maine — Meteorologist Ted McInerney visited with the 7th graders at Oxford Hills Middle School in South Paris. This content is imported from Facebook. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
Total Maine 05/05/24: In-depth on the race for Sagadahoc County Sheriff
BATH, Maine — On this edition of Total Maine, we speak one-on-one, at length, with the candidates for Sagadahoc County Sheriff. The agency was heavily criticized by the commission investigating the Lewiston mass shooting for failing to confront Robert Card during wellness checks at his home in September. Sheriff Joel Merry says his job isn't finished while his opponent Aaron Skolfield disputed the commission's findings.
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