Sep. 05, 2024 12:48 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Christian school at the center of a Supreme Court decision that required Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is appealing a ruling upholding a requirement that all participating facilities abide by a state antidiscrimination law.
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Aug. 08, 2024 17:40 PM EDT
NEWCASTLE, Maine (AP) — Maine leaders want to honor Frances Perkins — the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet-level position and a driving force behind the New Deal — by encouraging the president to make her home a national monument.
Perkins served as labor secretary...
Aug. 05, 2024 17:22 PM EDT
State environmental officials on July 30 denied petitions from corporate owners of three Bucksport-area dams to forfeit ownership.
It was the second time within a week that the state Department of Environmental Protection identified deficiencies in the applications from dam owners...
Jul. 24, 2024 12:13 PM EDT
Days before winter break ended in December 2022, Bill Hansen was relieved to learn that Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond had no traces of ‘forever chemicals’ in tests of the school’s water system.
Hansen, the Windham Raymond School District’s facilities director, was on...