New Ventures Maine has announced free classes this month, including self-paced, online, and in-person workshops designed to help people gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to start a business, build a career and manage money. Self-paced classes include: My Next Career Move: Assess your skills, interests, and experiences and relate them to career options. Identify high-growth job […]
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New Ventures Maine announces tuition-free classes in career, business, and financial education for October
New Ventures Maine has announced tuition-free online workshops and classes for October, including self-paced and interactive online workshops designed to help people in Maine gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to start a business, build a career, and manage money. The full class schedule of daytime and evening classes for October and beyond is accessible […]
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Palaver Strings presents: Palaver Solo Sessions
A different Palaver member will share solo music that they love
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Christopher Charest
AUBURN — Christopher Charest, 25, of Auburn died unexpectedly in his sleep of a brain aneurysm on Friday, June 8. Christopher was born in Lewiston, April 7, 1993, the son of Richard Charest and Michelle Pelletier-Roy. He attended Auburn schools until eighth grade. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 2011; he studied computer sciences at […]
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Moose hunting applications online only for 2018 season
AUGUSTA (AP) — The state of Maine is taking online applications for the upcoming moose hunting season. The state is only accepting online applications this year. Tens of thousands of people typically apply for a spot in Maine’s moose hunt, which takes place every fall. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife announced Tuesday […]
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King calls cybersecurity legislation U.S. counterpunch to online crooks
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said a bill passed by the Select Committee on Intelligence would be the nation’s “counterpunch” against cybercriminals who steal intellectual property online. “For years, the United States has been taking punches from cybercriminals across the globe intent on stealing intellectual property — essentially our ideas — and Americans in manufacturing […]
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Maine House votes in favor of moratorium on virtual charter schools
AUGUSTA — The future of virtual charter schools in Maine could head in a new direction because of two bills under consideration in the Legislature, including a moratorium on the creation of online schools which passed with significant support Tuesday in the House of Representatives. Another bill presented Monday to the Legislature’s Education Committee, but […]
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Pediatricians say parents need to limit children online
CHICAGO — Doctors 2 parents: Limit kids’ tweeting, texting & keep smartphones, laptops out of bedrooms. #goodluckwiththat. The recommendations are bound to prompt eye-rolling and LOLs from many teens but an influential pediatricians group says parents need to know that unrestricted media use can have serious consequences. It’s been linked with violence, cyberbullying, school woes, […]
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Over 2,200 World War II documents now online
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Scholars, campaigners and lawyers can for the first time readily access more than 2,200 documents from a largely unknown archive housed at the United Nations that documents thousands of cases against accused World War II criminals in Europe and Asia. The unrestricted records of the United Nations War Crimes Commission were […]