AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 20 -- The Maine Department of Education issued the following news release: The Maine Department of Education (DOE) and Educate Maine have partnered to develop the Teach Maine Center to support and advance a vibrant educator workforce in Maine that enables all students to thrive. The Teach Maine Center will engage, empower, and unite educators across the state to incubate and develop strategies, supports, and professional learning connected to the Teach Maine plan. Develop more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 20 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00126) on Sept. 19, 2023: * * * BARR TEL USA LLC, Request for Approval of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY By this Order, the Commission grants the petition of Barr Tel USA LLC (the Company) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide facilitiesbased and resold local and interexchange s more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 20 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00079) on Sept. 19, 2023: * * * EARTHGRID PBC, Request for Approval of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY By this Order the Commission grants, the petition of EarthGrid PBC (the Company) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to provide reseller and facilities-based non-switched local exchange  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 20 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following suspension order (No. 2023-00065) on Sept. 19, 2023: * * * THE MAINE WATER COMPANY - BIDDEFORD & SACO DIVISION, Request for Approval of Rate Increase SUSPENSION ORDER NO. 2 On March 31, 2023, The Maine Water Company - Biddeford & Saco Division (the Company) filed with this Commission, pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 307, proposed revisions to its rate schedules. The Company proposed that the revisions become  more PR

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: A total solar eclipse will be visible in northern Maine for three-and-a-half minutes on April 8. That provides a short and rare opportunity to gather scientific data on this major astronomical event, and Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, is preparing to have high schoolers and other members of the general public involved in that work. Laatsch is more PR

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 20 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Indigenous communities worldwide are facing the effects of climate changes, threats to their food supplies and the potential destruction of historically and culturally significant places. Using Indigenous knowledge and Western science, University of Maine faculty will devise new ways to tackle these pressing issues through a new research center based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMaine will ser more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, Sept. 20 -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: William Paterson University's student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (WPSPJ) has been named Regional Campus Chapter of the Year, making it one of six finalists for the national Outstanding Campus Chapter award--a title it won once before, in 2020. Founded in 2017 by WP journalism professor Nicholas Hirshon, this year marks the third WPSPJ has been recognized as the finest chapter f more PR