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Board of Environmental Protection - August 21, 2025
Maine Government
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August 14, 2025
MAINE, August 21 - Environmental Protection Back to full Meeting Calendar Date: August 21, 2025 Start Time: 9:00 AM Location: Ruth Ann Burke Meeting description/purpose: Related documents (if any): Note: Some documents are provided in Microsoft...
Maine DOE Update – August 8, 2025
Maine Department of Education
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August 8, 2025
From the Maine Department of Education Reporting Items Graduation Report Due August 30; Please Review Synergy Records before August 15 Graduation reporting is due on August 30, 2025. The Maine Department of Education’s data system, Synergy, will...
Register Now for Maine’s First Green Schools Symposium
Maine Department of Education
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August 7, 2025
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) is excited to announce Maine’s first-ever Green Schools Symposium on November 7, 2025—a statewide event to celebrate environmental education leadership in Maine schools. The gathering will showcase powerful...
Maine DOE Hosts Summer Institutes on Integrating Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
Maine Department of Education
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July 25, 2025
From July 14-16, 2025, educators from across Maine gathered on the coast for an immersive professional learning experience, designed to reimagine how literacy and numeracy are taught—not as isolated subjects but as essential, interconnected tools...
An Invitation to School Principals to Join Maine’s 2025-2026 Transformational Leaders’ Network
Maine Department of Education
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August 1, 2025
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) would like to invite school principals to register for a year-long professional learning experience called the Transformational Leaders’ Network (TLN). The TLN offers principals an opportunity to deepen...
Governor Mills & Treasurer Perry Announce Fitch Upgrades Maine's Credit Rating; State Ends FY2025 With Record $1B Rainy Day Fund
State of Maine Office of Governor
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August 1, 2025
Healthy reserves, budget surplus in FY2025, and credit rating upgrade demonstrate Maine's prudent budgeting and fiscal health under Governor Mills Governor Janet Mills and State Treasurer Joe Perry announced today that Fitch Ratings, one of the...
Board of Environmental Protection - August 7, 2025
Maine Government
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July 31, 2025
MAINE, August 7 - Environmental Protection Back to full Meeting Calendar Date: August 7, 2025 Start Time: 9:00 AM Location: Ruth Ann Burke Meeting description/purpose: Related documents (if any): Note: Some documents are provided in Microsoft Word...
Governor Mills Announces the Retirement of Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner Bruce Van Note
State of Maine Office of Governor
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July 28, 2025
Under his leadership, MaineDOT paved thousands of miles of roads, repaired hundreds of bridges, strengthened efforts to protect infrastructure from extreme storms, and worked to improve downtowns around the state Governor Janet Mills today...
Inside the Early Childhood Summit: Big Ideas for Maine’s Youngest Learners
Maine Department of Education
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July 25, 2025
In July, early childhood educators, family advocates, childcare providers, and community leaders from across Maine gathered in Brewer and in Portland for the 2025 Early Childhood Summer Summits—two days full of connection, collaboration, and...
Governor Mills Establishes Task Force to Develop Forest Carbon Program for Maine Woodland Owners
State of Maine Office of Governor
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July 24, 2025
Task force will consider forest carbon storage incentives for small-to-medium size woodland owners to help protect their property while fighting climate change As part of Maine’s ambitious effort to fight climate change by reducing harmful...
Mills Administration Creates Free Fishing License Week, Encourages Maine People to Enjoy the Outdoors
State of Maine Office of Governor
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July 24, 2025
Governor Janet Mills has signed an Executive Order to create a “Free Fishing License Week” from Saturday, February 13 – Sunday February 21 when people who register may fish for free without a license on Maine’s waterways. Since the pandemic began,...
Aquila Center for Cruise Excellence Champions Sustainable Growth Through Regional & Global Training Leadership
EIN Presswire
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July 23, 2025
NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, July 23, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With a mission rooted in education and excellence, the Aquila Center for Cruise Excellence is expanding its global footprint, using high-profile speaking engagements and strategic...
Board of Underground Tank Installers
Maine Government
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August 14, 2025
MAINE, August 19 - Environmental Protection Back to full Meeting Calendar Date: August 19, 2025 Start Time: 9:00 AM Location: Matthew Shank Meeting description/purpose: Related documents (if any): Note: Some documents are provided in Microsoft...
Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit to Halt Trump Administration from Cutting State Energy Programs Funding
Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice
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August 15, 2025
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside the California Energy Commission (CEC), today joined a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general and two Governors in suing to block the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from imposing a...
Recognize Your Outstanding School Staff: RISE Award Now Accepting Nominations
Maine Department of Education
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August 12, 2025
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) invites students, friends, families, community members, educational organizations or associations, co-workers, and supervisors to nominate school employees for the Recognizing Inspirational School Employees...
Unitil Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 15, 2025
HAMPTON, N.H., Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unitil Corporation (NYSE: UTL) (unitil.com) (the “Company”) today announced that it has priced its previously announced public offering of 1,393,355 shares of its common stock at a price of $46.65...
Unitil Announces Common Stock Offering
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 14, 2025
HAMPTON, N.H., Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unitil Corporation (NYSE: UTL) (unitil.com) (the “Company”) today announced a registered offering of $65,000,000 of shares of its common stock. The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York...
Alfred Elementary Earns National RAMP Recognition for Exemplary Counseling Program
Maine Department of Education
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August 14, 2025
(Pictured: Alfred Elementary School School Counselor Jackie Chaplin) Alfred Elementary School is celebrating a major achievement after being recognized at the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) annual conference in July. The school has...
Registration Opens for Free Pesticide Disposal Events Set for October
State of Maine Agencies
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August 7, 2025
MAINE, August 7 - Back to current news. Registration Opens for Free Pesticide Disposal Events Set for October August 7, 2025 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Augusta, Maine - Do you have unwanted pesticides? Maine's Obsolete...
Registration Opens for Free Pesticide Disposal Events Set for October
Maine Government
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August 7, 2025
MAINE, August 7 - Back to current news. Registration Opens for Free Pesticide Disposal Events Set for October August 7, 2025 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Augusta, Maine - Do you have unwanted pesticides? Maine's Obsolete...