AUGUSTA, Maine, June 20 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement on June 19, 2024: * * * Governor Janet Mills today issued the following statement in honor of Juneteenth: "Juneteenth is an opportunity to remember our collective responsibility to ensure that the American ideals of freedom and equality are afforded to all who call America home. " "As we commemorate the day when slavery was finally extinguished in America, and recognize the major role that more than 70,000 U more PR

ORONO, Maine, June 21 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Derek Bizier doesn't teach his eighth grade math students the same way he learned in middle school -- primarily through lectures. Instead, his students at Leonard Middle School in Old Town spend most of class out of their seats solving problems in small groups on large vertical whiteboards throughout the classroom. The questions students answer reinforce new mathematical concepts that Bizier teaches them. They  more PR