Nathan Phillips, a professor at Boston University, told an audience at a two-day conference in Skowhegan this week that rising sea levels and temperature extremes in the South will displace millions and force migration inland and to the North.
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Roadwork to account for about one-third of Farmingdale budget
Farmingdale officials will present the $2.6 million spending plan to voters at the Town Meeting scheduled for Thursday.
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Gardiner to move ahead with revaluation
Even as city officials stash more money to pay for the citywide revaluation, Gardiner’s assessor said the work is not likely to begin before 2026.
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Winslow High School graduates urged to be ambitious, remember the community in their corner
Ninety-eight seniors received diplomas Wednesday at the school’s commencement exercises at Colby College in Waterville.
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Cony High School faces anti-LGBTQ backlash following presentation on pronouns
Photographs of the recent presentation at the Augusta school have garnered the attention of anti-LGBTQ individuals and groups as far away as Texas.
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New Winthrop town manager takes office with plans to prioritize mooring ordinance and other issues
In his first months on the job, Anthony Wilson hopes to iron out problems with the town’s controversial mooring ordinance and lead the negotiations for a joint police chief with Monmouth.
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Students at Lawrence High repeat claims that complaints of harassing behavior go unheeded
It’s not the first time such complaints have been raised and school and district officials say that staff have undergone training and investigate all reported incidents.
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Waterville hospital collaborates to introduce new training center for health care workers
Northern Light Inland Hospital announced this week that it joined with online university Purdue Global in opening a simulation center that officials say will give nursing students and others an enhanced training experience.
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Richmond approves $2.1 million town budget and $7.9 million school budget at Town Meeting
The $2.9 million budget was cut down to $2.1 million from an article adjustment and $500,000 used from the undesignated fund to lower the amount raised. The school budget was passed at $7.9 million for the first-year Richmond School Department.
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Waterville City Council gives preliminary approval to $56.34 million municipal and school budget
The combined budget for 2023-24 represents an increase of $4.8 million from the spending plan approved last year, driven largely by bumps in salaries and rising costs for electricity, fuel and liability insurance.