BRUNSWICK, Maine, Nov. 2 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news: This year's Harry Spindel Memorial Lecture featured historian Deborah Dash Moore discussing her latest book, Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of Midcentury New York (Cornell University Press, 2023). As cameras became smaller, lighter, and better, the impact on street photography was notable, said Dash Moore, the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and Professor of Judaic Studies at the University o more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 2 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement on Nov. 1, 2023: * * * Governor Janet Mills today announced her intent to formally establish an independent commission of experts in the coming days to determine the facts and circumstances of the tragic October 25th shootings in Lewiston, including the months preceding the shooting and the police response to it. * * * Governor Mills issued the following statement: "A cornerstone of the ability to heal is to more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 2 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Governor Janet Mills announced today that her Administration has launched an online form (https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/obh/resources-lewiston-shooting) for communities and organizations to request special behavioral health support, such as on-site mental health clinics, or assistance tailored for specific communities, following the tragedy last week in Lewiston. The Maine Department of Health and Human Servic more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 2 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: A new law sponsored by Rep. Kristi Mathieson, D-Kittery, that removes financial barriers to diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations by eliminating cost-sharing requirements, is now in effect. The law went into effect on Oct. 25, 90 days following the end of the legislative session, which is standard for non-emergency legislation. "With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we must recognize t more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 2 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order adopting rule (No. 2023-00225) Nov. 1, 2023: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Amendments to Portfolio Requirement Rule (Chapter 311) ORDER ADOPTING RULE AND STATEMENT OF FACTUAL AND POLICY BASIS BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Through this Order, the Commission adopts amendments to its Portfolio Requirement Rule (Chapter 311). This rulemaking implements the requi more PR

ORONO, Maine, Nov. 2 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences made its debut during a town hall meeting at the University of Maine on Oct. 31. The college, formerly known as the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, is the largest of UMaine's six colleges, accounting for 26.5% of all university enrollments. Members of the newly named College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences helped generate 41% of the uni more PR

FARMINGTON, Maine, Nov. 2 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: * * * University warmly welcomes visiting Japanese Fellow Yukiko Usui Sensei * * * The University of Maine at Farmington is pleased to announce that it has resumed its longstanding Japanese Language Fellowship Program, which was briefly interrupted by Covid. The program welcomes visiting Japanese Fellow, Yukiko Usui Sensei, who is offering courses in Elementary Japanese Language and Japanese Cu more PR

ORONO, Maine, Nov. 2 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: Seth Goodall of Richmond, Maine has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Maine Center Ventures which includes serving as the Executive Director of the University of Maine System's Graduate and Professional Center ("The Maine Center"). In these roles, Goodall is responsible for leading The Maine Center and Maine Center Ventures, a tax-exempt nonprofit focused on expanding industry partnerships and ties more PR