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  • Maine educators object to evaluation emphasis

    Maine Education Association representatives said those measures should count no more than 10 percent, while the Maine School Boards Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association recommended a floor of 15 percent, with the ceiling to be determined locally. Much remains to be determined in the state framework for educators' evaluations and the systems that school districts must ...

  • Maine Senate passes work-force bill but budget committee must fund it

    - The Maine Senate advanced a bill aimed at addressing the state’s so-called "skills gap" on Monday, but it faces a hurdle before passage because of its ...

  • House approves Maine hospital debt repayment

    AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Maine House has approved a bill that would pay off Maine's $484 million debt to the state's hospitals, agreeing to go along with a Democrat-backed amendment calling for the state to accept federal money to expand Medicaid to roughly 70,000 people.After a debate that went on for about four hours, the bill won approval by an 87-57 vote Tuesday night. The vote ...

  • Maines elver industry could be shut down in August

    – An interstate fisheries commission postponed a decision Tuesday on whether to scale back or even shut down the highly profitable baby eel fishery in Maine and South Carolina after members decided they needed more time to weigh ...

  • Maine gov. signs suicide prevention education bill

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Gov. Paul R. LePage has signed a bill into law that will make sure staff at Maine schools are trained in suicide education and ...


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Movie Review

Marvin's Room

"Marvin's Room" is about people who should be close, but aren't. The movie's central relationships are both characterized by physical and emotional distance: a pair of estranged sisters who haven't heard from each other in twenty years, and a mother/son relationship that is strained to the point of breaking. The sisters are Bessie (Diane Keaton) and Lee (Meryl Streep). Twenty years ago, their fath ... ...

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  • Regulators postpone vote on Maines eel fishery

    After a daylong discussion, the eel management board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided Tuesday to delay the vote until August to gather more information about baby glass eels, known as elvers. Options under consideration include keeping the status quo, establishing quotas or shutting the fishery ...

  • NY investment firms buy northern Maine paper company

    jhall@pressherald.com Staff Writer Two New York-based private investment firms agreed to buy a controlling interest in Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc. for an undisclosed price. Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Atlas Holdings said they have track records of working with forest products companies in North America. They agreed to acquire the controlling stake from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. The ...

  • Maine police chiefs see danger in eliminating gun permits

    The bill's sponsor said doing away with concealed-weapon permits would free up police chiefs for other matters and would allow owners to carry their guns ...

  • Northern Maine paper mill to get new owner

    Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Atlas Holdings announced Wednesday they have reached an agreement to buy a controlling interest in Twin Rivers Paper Co. from Brookfield Asset Management, based in ...

  • Maine Red Cross on standby to help in Oklahoma

    The Red Cross said it has several managers who are trained as nurses and mental health officials who will be on their way to the region. Another 40 to 50 volunteers are also on standby and could be sent to the region with just 24 hours notice. The Portland chapter of the Red Cross said it has sent out several communications to its volunteers. An official with the agency said they have not ...

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