PRESQUE ISLE (AP) — University of Maine System trustees have approved a tuition increase. The Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2qQFeIj ) that tuition alone in the system will be raised an average of 3.3 percent, or $242 per year. In-state students are expected to pay around $17,486 for tuition, fees and room and board. Rates for […]
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West Paris library trustees seeking to renovate 90-year old building
WEST PARIS — Looking at the Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library in West Paris from the front, you could believe you’d stepped back in time to an era when people still regularly inhabited castles. The building, made of broken fieldstone gathered from local fields in 1926, has embrasures carved into the top of the building, […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Fire Department, 3 p.m., Sunday River Station Newry: Cemetery Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office River Valley Peru: Planning Board, 4 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: […]
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Mexico dedicates town report to Ernest Robichaud
MEXICO — This year’s Mexico town report is dedicated to the late Ernest Robichaud. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously on that action at their meeting Tuesday night. Town Manager John Madigan noted, “Ernie served the town in so many ways for a long time.” Robichaud’s contributions included serving as a Mexico selectman and being on […]
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Buckfield selectmen debate town ownership of library
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen decided to table making a decision on acquiring the Zadoc Long Free Library from its Board of Trustees after questions arose about the library founder’s intent when they examined the original trust deed that established the library in 1901. At Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting, Buckfield Town Manager Cindy Dunn and Selectmen Chairwoman Martha Catevenis […]
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Farmington board considers hooking into UMF heating plant
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday will discuss connecting the Community Center to a central heating plant planned for the University of Maine at Farmington. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the Municipal Building. The proposed 5,000-square-foot biomass plant is planned for a parking area at Quebec and Perkins […]
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USM trustees cut French, applied medical sciences
PORTLAND — Before a crowd of more than 100 people, many wearing purple “Invest in USM” stickers and holding signs with phrases such as “stop the cuts,” the University of Maine System’s board of trustees voted Friday to cut two academic programs from the curriculum — undergraduate French and graduate applied medical sciences. Dozens of […]
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UMaine trustees to discuss broad range of topics
FARMINGTON (AP) — University of Maine System trustees are meeting to discuss a range of topics from boosting recruitment of international students to creation of a new doctoral program at the University of Maine. Trustees are gathering Monday at the University of Maine at Farmington. They’ll be voting on a proposal for a doctoral program […]