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Maine’s 1st youth psychiatric center moves closer to opening in Saco
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (628+ words) Maine's first youth psychiatric facility, planned for an existing building on the campus of Saco-based behavioral health agency Sweetser, is moving closer to completion but still in need of significant funding. The Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility will provide intensive clinical…...
UMaine alum, TV star Timothy Simons will give 2026 commencement speech
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (235+ words) Television star Timothy Simons will deliver the 2026 commencement address at the University of Maine, his alma mater, the school announced Tuesday. Simons,47, will address graduating students at two ceremonies, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, on May…...
Having children is a choice and a responsibility | Letter
2+ week, 4+ day ago (265+ words) This is a response to Victoria Hugo-Vidal's child care column (Why do we still have to make the case for child care?" Feb. 15). Having a child is a privilege and a choice, not a right. It is not society's responsibility…...
Play humanizes challenges of Maine’s child welfare system
3+ week, 1+ day ago (729+ words) FALMOUTH " In just a few lines, the cafe became a courthouse. The scene " a Maine mother negotiating with a social worker and her lawyer while tormented by the prospect that her parental rights to her son may be terminated " played…...
How do you explain ICE to your child? Immigrant families are having ‘The Talk’
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (1401+ words) This story was originally reported by Candice Norwood of The 19th. Meet Candice and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Ana is a Mexican American woman who, as a child, did not live in fear of immigration…...
A Portland nonprofit says it helped dozens of immigrant families avoid eviction. But hundreds more are at risk.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (937+ words) The email's subject line was simple: "Help." "I live with my two kids (9 and 6 years old) and we need help with our rent payment for this month, please. My rent amount is $2100. I can't afford to pay for this month…...
What’s really behind UMA’s decision to move out of Handley Hall? | Letter
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (166+ words) Your Jan. 11 article, in the Central Maine Sunday edition, regarding the relocation of UMA's Arts and Architecture program from Handley Hall on Water Street in Augusta, raised a salient question. I am a commercial landlord'in Augusta and am very familiar…...
Listen to clinicians, not politicians, on vaccines | Letter
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (211+ words) It's not a question: Vaccines save lives. In 2018, for example, it's estimated that 700,000 children between 0-5 years of age died worldwide from vaccine-preventable infectious disease. Upending years of science, the current federal administration has chosen to change the childhood vaccination recommendation…...
Gorham Notes: Sign up for youth basketball shooting competition
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (277+ words) The Knights of Columbus, St. Anne's Council 10221, is sponsoring a youth basketball free-throw competition on Saturday, Jan. 17, at Shaw Gym, 75 South St., in Gorham. The competition is open to boys and girls ages 9-14. Proof of age is required at sign-up....
Patten Free Library hosting youth-led climate solution talk
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (373+ words) The Patten Free Library aims to inspire young people to think of how to implement climate solutions in local communities during its annual Bath Climate Conversations next week. On Wednesday, Jan. 14, Bath Climate Conversations will focus on how young people…...