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Maine DOE Update – October 24, 2025

Maine DOE Update – October 24, 2025

From the Maine Department of Education News & Updates Gorham Superintendent Heather Perry Named 2026 Maine Superintendent of the Year The Maine School Superintendents Association (MSSA) has announced that Gorham School Department Superintendent...

Owner:  American Government
Maine DOE Launches Family Engagement Office Hour Series Starting October 30

Maine DOE Launches Family Engagement Office Hour Series Starting October 30

The Maine Department of Education (DOE) Office of School and Student Supports is in year four of a five-year Statewide Family Engagement Center (SFEC) grant. For those interested in learning more about this grant and available upcoming resources,...

Owner:  American Government
Gorham Superintendent Heather Perry Named 2026 Maine Superintendent of the Year

Gorham Superintendent Heather Perry Named 2026 Maine Superintendent of the Year

Pictured: MSSA President Andrew Dolloff (left) and 2025 Maine Superintendent of the Year Howard Tuttle (right) present Gorham Superintendent Heather Perry (center) with the MSSA 2026 Maine Superintendent of the Year Award. (Image courtesy of...

Owner:  American Government
FAME Offers Free Resources to Help Maine Borrowers Manage Federal Student Loan Repayment

FAME Offers Free Resources to Help Maine Borrowers Manage Federal Student Loan Repayment

The Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) is offering various resources and opportunities to make federal student loan repayment more manageable and less overwhelming. Maine residents with federal student loans (“borrowers”) are encouraged to take...

Owner:  American Government
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Maine Ballot Questions Reflect National Political Issues

Maine Ballot Questions Reflect National Political Issues

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine voters will decide a pair of high-profile ballot measures addressing elections and gun violence in a statewide referendum election next week. Question 1 would make several changes to the state’s voting procedures, most...

Owner:  Saga Communications Inc.
Maine food pantries brace for lapse in SNAP funding

Maine food pantries brace for lapse in SNAP funding

With SNAP benefits scheduled to run out for many at the start of November, Maine food pantries are bracing for the challenges that lapse could bring."I just feel bad for people," said Christine Martin, a client at the Saco Food Pantry. "Because...

Owner:  Hearst Family
Fall enrollment up three percent at Maine's community colleges

Fall enrollment up three percent at Maine's community colleges

AUGUSTA, Maine — Fall enrollment is up three percent at Maine's community colleges, marking another historic high enrollment for the seven colleges. “This sustained enrollment growth is critical at a time when Maine’s economy needs more skilled...

Owner:  Gannett Co. Inc.
Maine landfill plans to finally treat contaminated water that runs into the Penobscot River

Maine landfill plans to finally treat contaminated water that runs into the Penobscot River

OLD TOWN, Maine — The operator of Maine’s largest landfill is moving ahead with a treatment system for PFAS chemicals, something the state is requiring as part of a controversial 61-acre expansion plan. Casella Waste Systems, whose subsidiary...

Owner:  Towle-Warren Family
Maine Governor Janet Mills joins the Senate Race to Unseat Susan Collins

Maine Governor Janet Mills joins the Senate Race to Unseat Susan Collins

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Maine’s Governor Janet Mills (D) announced her campaign to represent Maine in the U.S Senate. Her campaign joins the other 13 candidates vying for the Class 2 Senate seat in what could be the most competitive election of 2026....

Owner:  Bates College
Fort Kent logging business still going after devastating fire

Fort Kent logging business still going after devastating fire

FORT KENT, Maine — Fort Kent saw one of its largest fires this year when JRS Firewood was engulfed in flames last week. But like a phoenix from the ashes the business is already back up and running. Much of the 200-foot-long facility was destroyed...

Owner:  Towle-Warren Family
When Washington cuts health care support, rural Maine bleeds

When Washington cuts health care support, rural Maine bleeds

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Erin Roberts-McCarthy of Glenburn is an adjunct professor of health...

Owner:  Towle-Warren Family
Maine's 2025 summer tourism season still considered 'strong' despite fewer visitors

Maine's 2025 summer tourism season still considered 'strong' despite fewer visitors

Maine saw fewer visitors this past summer marking the fourth consecutive year of declining visitation, but industry leaders say the season wasn't a complete loss. MAINE, USA — Maine saw fewer visitors this past summer, marking the state's fourth...

Owner:  TEGNA Inc.
Democrats should go Left on economics — not on culture

Democrats should go Left on economics — not on culture

As Zohran Mamdani builds an unlikely coalition of socialists and centrists, leading Democrats are out with a sweeping and brutal report on the party’s problems. According to a new report published in Semafor, a six-month survey of hundreds of...

Owner:  Paul Marshall
Home prices cool in Maine while inventory increases

Home prices cool in Maine while inventory increases

NOROVIRUS. THAT SHIP IS NOW SET TO DOCK IN BOSTON TODAY. THERE ARE SIGNS TONIGHT THAT THE HOUSING MARKET IS STABILIZING.. AFTER YEARS OF SURGING PRICES.. IN FACT.. THE STATEWIDE MEDIAN SALES PRICE.. HAS DROPPED OVER THE LAST YEAR.. RONNIE PARRILLO...

Owner:  Hearst Family
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