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Maine teacher shortage is expected to be widespread in the next school year

Portland Press Herald - April 9, 2024

The state expects to have a critical need of teachers in health, special education, computer science, music, social studies, early childhood, art, English, English as a second language, science and math next year.

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All Maine students now get free school lunches. What does that mean for poverty data?

Portland Press Herald - March 11, 2024

Now that parents no longer need to fill out applications to get their children access to free meals, officials have lost an important source of data on their district’s low-income households—information traditionally used for funding.

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Municipal buildings, schools closed as police investigate Lewiston shootings

Portland Press Herald - October 26, 2023

Portland and other communities are closing municipal buildings Thursday as the hunt continues for a person of interest in what is is likely the deadliest shooting in Maine’s history.

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