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Gorham voters approve $6 million for high school renovations
GORHAM (WGME) -- Voters in Gorham have approved more than $6 million for renovations for the high school. Work will include improving parking, sidewalks and drainage, along with millions going toward replacing old, portable classrooms.
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In MSAD 58, Kingfield leaves and Strong stays
PHILLIPS — One of two towns seeking to withdraw from Maine School Administrative District 58 succeeded Tuesday. Kingfield voters approved the withdrawal agreement 392-166, surpassing the required two-thirds threshold of 372 votes. Strong voters supported withdrawal 354-338, with five blanks cast, but fell 111 votes short of the necessary...
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Foxcroft Academy scores late 4th quarter goal to win Class C North title
OAKLAND -- No. 1 Foxcroft Academy beat No. 2 Dexter 1-0 to win the Class B North title game. The game was a defensive battle with both goaltenders, Dexter's Isabella Wallace and Foxcroft's Lili Bisson, shining bright in this contest. The 0-0 tie was finally broken in the fourth quarter.
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Maine private schools sue over special education rule
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Students Launch ‘Fund Lew’ Initiative Asking Bates to Devote More Funds to Lewiston
On Oct. 8, an Instagram account named “FundLew” sent a mass direct message to Bates students urging them to leave feedback on Bates’s ten-year strategic plan. The message read, “Bowdoin pays Brunswick about $500k a year by choice. Bates gives Lewiston 0.” It continued, giving students instructions on how to find the feedback submission form, where to leave a comment, and include a draft to “paste…into the last box, edit it however you like, and submit.”
Bangor Daily News
UMF celebrates national First-Gen Day Friday
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is honoring the achievements of its students, staff, faculty and members of the community who are first in their families to attend college with its annual First-Generation College Celebration Day at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, outside on the Mantor Campus Green. Free and open to […]
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Cheverus tops Thornton Academy in Class A field hockey final on corners
What happened to Thornton Academy's first penalty corner attempt?. Top-seeded and undefeated Cheverus held off third-seeded Thornton Academy in a tense Class A South field hockey final that wasn’t decided until penalty corners. After a scoreless first quarter, Cheverus broke through in the second off a corner. Senior Sydney...
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NHPR
Portland schools launches state's first Black studies curriculum, emphasizing local history
At the Indigo Arts Alliance studio in Portland last month, journalist and musician Samuel James addressed a group of 7th graders. "Can everybody here me, okay? Okay, I'm going to tell you all just a real quick history about being Black in America," he said. That history, he said, hinges...
WGME
Gorham elementary school closed due to gas odor
GORHAM, Maine (WGME) -- Classes at Narragansett Elementary School in Gorham have been canceled due to a possible gas leak. According to Gorham Assistant Superintendent Quinton Donahue, an odor of gas was reported at Narragansett Elementary School around 7 a.m. on Wednesday. “We made the decision to close school for...
The Maine Monitor
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‘Presidential Campaign Rhetoric’ Puts Bates at Center of Polls
To Professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano, her class Presidential Campaign Rhetoric provides a unique experience for Bates students. “I want people to see the interdisciplinary nature of a Bates education and the practical real world application. It’s really easy to sit in classes and critique theories and experiences and social movements and politics but when you have to think about how you’re going to do it…it gets a lot harder,” she said.
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Windham-Raymond District to Decide Whether to Name New Middle School After Late Lawmaker, Child Advocate Bill Diamond
There’s an effort to name the new Windham-Raymond middle school after late Democratic Maine lawmaker and child advocacy group founder Bill Diamond. John Cressy is behind the effort, and he says Diamond was unusual in his ability to work in a bipartisan effort. “That was just him,” said Cressy....