Bangor Daily News
Hampden school district given deadline to spend $2M of surplus
Like many schools in the area, RSU 22’s budget has grown in recent years, but the district is one of the few able to use millions of dollars to offset how much taxpayers contribute to the school.
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7mNew midcoast superintendent not reviving school closure talks
Ridgeway has said it would be premature to jump back into discussions about closing an RSU 71 elementary school.
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2mThis weekend could be the ‘gem of all gems’ in Maine's fall foliage season
“The weekend nor’easter brought some beneficial rain, but thankfully, it didn’t bring down the leaves."
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4mTroy Jackson apologizes after linking Jewish Mainers' views on Gaza to their identity
In a TV interview, the Senate candidate suggested some Mainers are uncomfortable calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide because they are Jewish.
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5mTrump administration considers scaling back border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is considering reducing the scope of a planned border project through Big Bend National Park in Texas, a contentious undertaking that has drawn bipartisan opposition over concerns it will irrevocably mar the remote, majestic area. The announcement on plans for the national park, made in two court filings late […]
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4mMarine harvesters alarmed over planned midcoast dredging project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to remove about 80,000 cubic yards of material from the St. George River.