Bill will give Maine school employees suicide-prevention training

Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday signed a bipartisan bill that will require public school personnel to receive training in suicide prevention and awareness. The measure was sponsored by Rep. Paul Gilbert, D-Jay, and co-sponsored a broad contingent of lawmakers. It passed unanimously in the Legislature. LePage announced Tuesday that he would use $44,000 from his contingency account to support ...

Suspect arrested as Maine teen mourned

Select images available for purchase in theMaine Today Photo Store Their fear turned to anguish Tuesday when Maine State Police announced they had charged a 20-year-old Orono man with her murder. Kyle Dube's arrest came a day after a game warden with a search dog found the remains of a female believed to be Cable, in woods along the Stillwater River, just off Route 43 in Old Town. Dube, who ...

Decision postponed on rules for Maine’s 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 ...

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 ...