3+ hour, 4+ min ago  (352+ words) Our Bowdoin College host student, Chloe Garcia, has had a most unusual experience. She and her three first-year roommates hit it off well right from the very first day. As a result, they've stayed together all four years, the first…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (610+ words) Maine lawmakers this week passed the first reform of the state's widely criticized school funding formula since it was created in 2005. The bill now heads to Gov. Janet Mills' desk, and a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that she will sign it....

10+ hour, 36+ min ago  (488+ words) Firefighters dressed in boots and heavy protective gear made their way up five stories and into the steel drill tower, and they made it look easy. After about 20 minutes, heavy black smoke began to emerge from various windows of the…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (508+ words) Bates College is doing away with its $65 application fee, a change leaders expect will bring in more applicants as it lowers the financial barrier to students. Leigh Weisenburger, vice president for institutional affairs, said the college had been talking for…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (552+ words) Faculty members are concerned about the leadership at the University of Maine and how it is navigating financial obstacles and strategic planning. The UMaine Faculty Senate sent a letter addressed to President Joan Ferrini Mundy, System Chancellor Dannel Malloy and…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (517+ words) Lawmakers made last-minute changes Thursday to a bill that would reform Maine's fraught school funding formula after a fiscal note on the cost came back $25 million higher than expected. The Education and Cultural Affairs Committee initially passed LD 2226 with broad…...

15+ hour, 48+ min ago  (425+ words) Jake Langlais is superintendent of Lewiston public schools. In Lewiston schools, we are faced with impossible choices every day. These choices aren't about upgrades or extras, they're about reductions in counselors, larger class sizes and no librarians to help students…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (220+ words) On Tuesday, November 4, Executive Editor of the Maine Trust for Local News, Carolyn Fox, sat down at One Longfellow Square for a conversation with Rebecca Corbett, Senior Editor at The New York Times. Rebecca Corbett is Senior Editor at The…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (418+ words) This school year will be James O. Kaler Elementary School's last. The South Portland School Board voted at its meeting Monday to close the elementary school on Kelsey Street at the end of the school year." The remaining elementary schools will…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (790+ words) The budget process for South Portland's school department this year has been unusually contentious. Reaction to the school board's decision to close James O. Kaler Elementary School and reconfigure the others has been emotionally charged, with many parents and community members…...