As the new school year nears, superintendents are scrambling to find qualified applicants to fill positions, mirroring a recent trend.
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Efforts grow in Maine to encourage use of bird-safe windows
The new L.L. Bean headquarters in Freeport offers the most recent example of windows retrofitted to help prevent bird strikes.
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Golden, Pingree join House Democrats in passing Inflation Reduction Act
Golden joined the rest of his party’s members in passing the legislation after being the only House Democrat to vote against the larger Build Back Better package that passed in the House but failed in the Senate last year.
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Facing high turnover in its top position, Hallowell-area school district to pursue ‘more in-depth’ hiring process for new superintendent
After five superintendents stepped down over three years, officials from Regional School Unit 2 hope that conducting a longer search will yield a candidate who wants to stay.
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Maine brewers adjust to CO2 shortage but are concerned as problem worsens
Supply-chain issues have further driven up the price of carbon dioxide, which is used in several aspects of brewing.
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Sen. King releases draft bill that would expand offshore wind development
Sen. Angus King, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a discussion draft bill Thursday that aims to expand development of offshore wind. The Renewable Energy on Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act would codify a renewable energy leasing program on the Outer Continental Shelf similar to the current leasing program for […]
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Richmond’s Alexander Reed Road expected to reopen next month, officials say
The culvert washed out in March from rainfall.
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Insulin price cap championed by Collins stripped from spending bill by fellow Republicans
Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King both have sought to cap the drug’s price, which has shot up tenfold in the U.S. – but not other countries – in 20 years.
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Faced with educator shortage, Brunswick school joins wave of schools hiring from within
Former Kate Furbish Vice Principal Annie Young will take on the school’s interim principal role this year while many other districts struggle to fill teacher, administrator and support staff roles.
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Federal funding will allow Bath to clean up contamination, potentially develop downtown, waterfront sites
A new bipartisan infrastructure law will potentially create generational investments, hundreds of jobs and more space for Mainers to expand their businesses.