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Singular young woman made a deep impression before inexplicable killing

by Eric Russell February 26, 2018March 2, 2018

Classmates of slain University of New England medical school student Deane Stryker, 22, remember her outsized personality, warmth and optimism.

Business, Local & State, News, Schools and Education

Labor law change opens career paths to young students in Maine

by Gillian Graham February 26, 2018February 25, 2018

High schoolers can do paid internships in new trades now that limits on working with hazardous machinery have been eased.

Local & State, Maine Crime, Nation & World, News

Fatal stabbing of UNE medical student in Massachusetts library shocks campus

by Dennis Hoey February 25, 2018March 2, 2018

Deane ‘Kenny’ Stryker was a first-year student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford. She was attacked Saturday at the public library in Winchester, Mass.

Business, Local & State

UNE hires new provost

by J. Craig Anderson February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

Joshua Hamilton, provost of Rhode Island College, will take over the job on April 15.

Business, Local & State, News

Newspapers take Biddeford to court over effort to curb deliveries of free papers

by Gillian Graham February 21, 2018February 20, 2018

Companies that deliver unsolicited publications say the city’s new rules infringe on their constitutional rights.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Driver, 2 passengers face charges after being pulled over in Arundel

by Dennis Hoey February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

The driver’s license had been revoked and the passengers were wanted on outstanding warrants, the York County sheriff says.

Local & State, Maine Crime

Former Biddeford softball coach charged with sexual misconduct involving a child

by Edward D. Murphy February 16, 2018February 16, 2018

The charges involve a relative, according to court records, and the school department says it has received no complaints about his conduct as a coach.