WATERVILLE, Maine, April 30 (TNSres) -- Colby College issued the following news: By Laura Meader All her life, Claire Jimenez '06 has reached for books by Puerto Rican writers. This spring, people are reaching for her book. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez, the debut novel by Jimenez, has won the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The book emerged as the "first among equals" of the nation's most prestigious peer-juried literary award. The award brings national attention to Jimenez and confir  more

BANGOR, Maine, April 30 -- Husson University issued the following news release: Husson University's Brien Walton, director of the Dyke Center for Family Business, was recently invited to speak at the White House during a roundtable discussion focusing on tackling the climate crisis through actionable methods of spurring the development of clean energy and climate technologies. The roundtable discussion was held in honor of Earth Day, a day set aside yearly to honor the planet and ecology. It   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 30 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement on April 29, 2024: * * * Governor Janet Mills announced today that she will allow LD 2238, An Act to Address Gun Violence in Maine by Requiring a Waiting Period for Certain Firearm Purchases, to become law without her signature. * * * The Governor issued the following statement on her decision: "I have spent the past ten days - the maximum allowed under the Maine Constitution - considering LD 2238, reviewi  more