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Education & Training

  • UNE President Danielle Ripich to step down

    Staff May 11, 2016

    University of New England President and Mainebiz's 2016 nonprofit Business Leader of the Year Danielle Ripich has announced that she will step down from her post at the private university on June 30, 2017.

    Staff May 11, 2016
  • Incoming class could be largest in Husson history

    Staff May 10, 2016

    Officials at Husson University said the 2,700 applications and high number of deposits received by the first week of May have the private university on track to enroll the largest class in its 118-year history.

    Staff May 10, 2016
  • UMaine and Kepware unveil new undergraduate lab

    Staff May 4, 2016

    The University of Maine and the Portland-based Kepware Technologies unveiled the Kepware Digital Systems and Robotics Laboratory in Barrows Hall on Tuesday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

    Staff May 4, 2016
  • Maine’s seventh cosmetology school planned for Steuben

    May 2, 2016

    The town of Steuben could soon be home to the seventh cosmetology school in the state of Maine, as Linda Maclean Dunbar, the former owner and operator of the Hair Palace in Steuben and Corea, has announced her plans to open a school in the

    May 2, 2016
  • MDI Bio Lab awarded $20K for aging research program

    Staff April 26, 2016

    The Bar Harbor-based MDI Biological Laboratory has received a $20,000 grant to support a new course on aging that will examine the abilities by humans to repair and regenerate tissue as they get older.

    Staff April 26, 2016
  • Bowdoin vice president departs for Jackson Lab position

    Staff April 22, 2016

    On Thursday, Bowdoin College President Clayton Rose announced that Bowdoin Vice President and Treasurer S. Catherine “Katy” Longley will be leaving her post in June to become vice president and chief financial officer at The Jackson Laboratory in

    Staff April 22, 2016
  • LePage, Alfond get green light on student debt legislation

    Staff April 20, 2016

    Maine Gov. Paul LePage and Senate President Justin Alfond, D- Portland, are touting passage of LD 1657, a bill that makes three major changes to the Opportunity Maine tax credit program.

    Staff April 20, 2016
  • Colby looks to bonds to finance growth

    Laurie Schreiber April 18, 2016

    Colby College plans to spend up to a quarter-billion dollars on new campus buildings, with minimal impact on the college's endowment. As part of its long-term planning process, Colby in January 2015 issued $100 million in bonds, and currently is

    Laurie Schreiber April 18, 2016
  • From the Editor: Energy to spare?

    April 18, 2016

    Our cover story, by Senior Writer James McCarthy, delves into an issue that has vocal critics on both sides.

    April 18, 2016
  • UMaine Business Challenge announces finalists

    April 13, 2016

    The UMaine Business Challenge, Maine's only business plan competition open to all Maine college students, has announced the finalists from three different universities vying for $20,000 in prizes.

    April 13, 2016
  • Maine Department of Labor sets all-time job listings record

    April 8, 2016

    An increase in employers looking to hire at job fairs around the state has led to the Maine Department of Labor setting an all-time record in the number of openings posted on its job listing website this month.

    April 8, 2016
  • 2016 Mainebiz Nonprofit Business Leader of the Year: University of New England President Danielle Ripich

    Lori Valigra March 21, 2016

    Since becoming president of the UNE in 2006, Danielle Ripich has scoured the state and beyond to pull in new students, whose ranks have swelled 70% to more than 10,000, including a new campus in Tangier, Morocco, seven new buildings on two Maine

    Lori Valigra March 21, 2016
  • UMaine implements waitlist for the first time in 'recent history'

    March 18, 2016

    According to University of Maine officials, for the first time in recent history, the UMaine system will be implementing a campuswide waitlist for prospective students after receiving a record number of applications for the fall of 2016 at its

    March 18, 2016
  • LePage introduces bill giving edge to veterans in job market

    March 18, 2016

    Gov. Paul LePage introduced a new bill to the Maine State Legislature on Thursday that adds leverage to veterans looking for employment, particularly for jobs in state departments and agencies.

    March 18, 2016
  • UMaine system continues six-year tuition freeze

    March 15, 2016

    For the sixth straight year, the University of Maine System said it will continue its trend of freezing in-state tuition at its public universities.

    March 15, 2016
  • Community college system hires new president

    March 9, 2016

    The Maine Community College System announced on Tuesday that Derek Langhauser, who has been serving as interim president of the MCCS and its seven campuses for the past year, has been hired to permanently serve as the system's president.

    March 9, 2016

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Are you paying more for school supplies this year?
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Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank

With most public school kids in Maine heading back to class this week, students and their parents are paying more for school supplies, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Students and their parents are paying more this year for textbooks and reference materials, school lunches, day care and preschool, college tuition and boys' clothes. 

The cost of girls' clothing decreased and the prices of both footwear and snacks were unchanged from a year ago.