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With the establishment of the program in state statute, Maine became one of just four states committed to providing outdoor learning opportunities for all public school students.
The Landing School launched the program as a corporate philanthropy initiative designed to invest in the next generation of marine trades professionals.
The new degrees target fields facing critical shortages at both the state and national levels, including early childhood education, human services, medical laboratory science and homeland security.
Jason Harkins, executive dean of the Maine Business School and dean of Graduate School of Business at the University of Maine, said this year's class of 314 first-year students is the largest ever.
The program targets Maine students with a high school GPA of at least 3.4 and family income of $100,000 or less.
An overall $500 million investment includes a $300 million, 200,000-square-foot science complex with labs, classrooms, specialized equipment and computing infrastructure.
The space includes five classrooms, a multipurpose room, and administrative space, and will provide care for children ages six weeks through five years old.
"When our public universities grow, so does Maine’s workforce and economy,” said the system’s chancellor.
The center includes the latest laboratory facilities, dedicated teaching labs and classrooms and a 300-seat forum that will become a hub for community outreach and scientific collaboration.
The nonprofit mentorship program by the team behind Luke’s Lobster aims to give high school students an entry point into lobstering either as a hobby or livelihood.
Maine's seven community colleges are seeing an increase in early fall enrollment for the third straight year. Numbers show 15,976 students have enrolled for the fall semester so far, a gain of 3.2% from a year ago.
In the past two years, 98.5% of Maine’s net job growth was driven by small businesses.
Modern manufacturing increasingly uses “smart” robotics and automation technology, known as “Industry 4.0.” The facility is designed to strengthen the worker pipeline.
The 21,000-square-foot center, across from UMA’s main campus, expands capacity for real-world training programs in nursing and cybersecurity.
The University of New England and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute have launched a collaborative research program.
With more than $3 million raised so far, the Laurie Lachance Leadership Fund aims to boost college access and accessibility, particularly for first-generation college students.
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As hotel construction continues across Portland — with 10 new projects approved before the city imposed a moratorium on new hotel development — developers argue that new hotels bring jobs, tax revenue and visitors.
In June, the city extended the moratorium by six months.
With a growing number of hotel projects underway or proposed, some ask whether the market is saturated. Activists argue that developers should focus on much-needed housing.
Meantime, hotel rates routinely exceed $400 a night in Portland, so there's still apparently demand.
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