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School of Education Program Aims to Grow Maine's Teacher Workforce
Maine high school students from Kittery to Gray and several points in between visited the University of New England’s coastal Biddeford campus from June 24 to 27 to participate in the School of Education’s second Future Teachers of Maine Summer Institute. This year saw 34 high schoolers participate,...
This lobsterman hopes to haul 50 traps next year. He’s 10 years old.
PORTLAND, Maine — One of the first articles in the July issue of Down East is a short profile of Tommy Dube. Dube started lobstering with his dad when he was 8 and is already earning a "steady paycheck.”. Remarkable? Well, yes and no. Turns out Maine has dozens...
Solving homelessness demands a human response, not crime and punishment
Home is both a physical place and a concept. In the popular imagination, home is a refuge, a shelter, a place of safety and belonging. It is where we come from and where we return. We fill our homes with the things most precious to us, surrounding ourselves with the sights of beloved possessions, the […] The post Solving homelessness demands a human response, not crime and punishment appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
Kennebunkport's new causeway expected to protect island and pier for the next 50 years
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Standing alongside town and state officials, Governor Janet Mills snipped the large red ribbon in half at the Pier Road Causeway on Monday, July 1, and triumphantly raised her oversized pair of scissors above her head. With that snip, the town’s Pier Road Resiliency Project –...
Simeoni returns to full-time law enforcement, this time as Kennebunkport's top cop
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Six years after retiring from the field, Chris Simeoni. Kennebunkport Police Department. The post is not his first time at the top of one of the town’s departments. In taking on this new head position, he is leaving another one in town. For the past three years, Simeoni has served as the director of the Kennebunkport Public Works Department.
Saco breaks ground on project to protect city's wastewater treatment system
SACO (WGME) -- The city of Saco broke ground on a project designed to better protect the city's wastewater system Monday. The city says the current treatment plant is just feet away from the Saco River. It's been negatively affected by flooding, sea level rise and weather events. In 2021,...
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