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The University of Maine said the Trump administration has restored a federal grant for PFAS research that was terminated last month, but the agency has not reinstated other PFAS research grants to Maine groups.

Maine's first recovery high school for teens with substance abuse disorder is scheduled to open in Fort Kent in 2026.

The decision came after students petitioned the university and the board held a special session on the issue last week

The University of Maine is building new track and field, soccer and basketball facilities on its Orono campus.

The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Bangor, claims that the university system engaged in religious discrimination when it rescinded the church's bid to buy the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Calvary Chapel Belfast has also filed a formal appeal of the latest sale offer for the facility.

At the ceremony, 21 men graduated with associate and bachelor's degrees in liberal studies. The graduates and their friends and family said the prison education program has changed their lives.

His contract had been set to expire next year, but it's now extended through June of 2027.

An $80 million donation announced Tuesday will be used to upgrade the athletic facilities at the University of Maine in Orono. The donation comes from the Harold Alfond Foundation, which had previously provided a $90 million donation in 2020.

Maine's community colleges are seeing a boom in enrollment thanks to Gov. Janet Mills' decision to make it free for recent high school graduates. But it's come at a cost: the state's university system is experiencing a comparable decrease in enrollment.

Maine's rockweed harvest has more than tripled in 20 years, and a new study from the University of Maine shows that the seaweed regains its biomass quickly after harvest.