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During Bowdoin College’s 212th Commencement ceremony, held May 27, 2017, bachelor of arts degrees were awarded to the Class of 2017, comprising approximately 478 students from 39 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 20 other countries and territories.

Emilie C. Lovley

Emilie C. Lovley, 81, of Mapleton, Maine, and Tiverton, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully in Fall River, Massachusetts, on June 4, 2017, with her loving family by her side.

DHHS has blocked lawmakers from public data on nursing program

As the Maine Legislature gets closer to deciding on what to do with a diminished health program that helps Maine’s infants and people with infectious diseases, the state agency charged with protecting Maine’s health has repeatedly failed to give lawmakers, and others, public information that could inform their course of action.

Committee kills Carpenter’s bills on drug prices

Two bills that an Aroostook County senator said would have lowered the cost of prescription drugs in Maine by requiring state agencies to pay the same or lower prices than the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs were effectively killed in committee on Monday