Maine
Maine Army National Guard hosts culinary challenge for students
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – The Maine Army National Guard carves out time to present countless opportunities to local students.
A new program with SkillsUSA gives culinary students a tasteful challenge.
For the first time at United Technologies Center in Bangor, culinary students participated in the MRE challenge, or the meal ready-to-eat challenge.
These foods come ready to eat and are usually distributed to officials out in the field.
In an hour’s time, students had the chance to jazz up some entrees, desserts, and beverages with random food items like Pop-Tarts, beef jerky, or cornbread.
“I like to give them little tips and pointers,” said Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Paye, Maine Army National Guard. “We’ve all had our fair share of MREs, so we know how bad they can be, so we can kind of let them really be able to say, hey, we’ve had this meal before, and you’ve done a really great job transitioning this into something really great and making it look really great.”
The winners were Madison, Lily, Kylie, Naomi, and Mikaela.
They had to jazz up vegetable crumbles with pasta in taco style sauce.
They added a little razzle dazzle of chocolate to their cookie!
The program instructor said watching his students use their own creativity with the skills he’s taught them was the best part of the day.
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Two more Maine school districts are under investigation by the Trump administration for potential violations of his interpretation of Title IX.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February 2025 that seeks to bar transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.
Supporters of Trump’s executive order argue it protects the integrity of women’s sports under Title IX, which a federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination.
Maine officials are adhering to the Maine Human Rights Act, a state law, which protects against discrimination based on gender identity.
The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced investigations into 18 districts in 10 states, including RSUs 19 and 57 in Maine.
RSU 19 is in the Newport area and RSU 57 is in the Waterboro area.
The investigation stems from complaints issued to the Education Department that claim the districts are allowing transgender students to compete on athletic teams that match their gender identity and not their biological sex.
There’s still an active lawsuit against the state of Maine filed by the Justice Department last year, which claims the Maine Human Rights Act violates Title IX.
Similar cases from other states are also being heard this week by the Supreme Court.
The ruling from those cases could have wide-ranging impacts, including in Maine.
PORTLAND (WGME) — Driving this time of year, when winter weather hits, can be tricky, especially in Maine.
Fortunately, the Maine Turnpike Authority has above-ground weather sensors to keep them informed.
The above ground weather sensors help determine several different factors about the road conditions. (WGME)
“What they do is they capture a bunch of atmospheric and pavement data, temperature data and conditions. They take that information and take it to our vendor, Vaisala, and they process that data and put it here on the screen for us to use in our winter maintenance operations,” Maine Turnpike Authority Project Manager Brian Taddeo said.
These sensors can also tell the turnpike authority how well tires are gripping the road.
“So the grip factor is the measure of friction between the tire and the roadway. That’s really important for us because it tells us the pavement is dry, mobility is not impacted by weather, because there is none,” Taddeo said.
The above ground weather sensors help determine several different factors about the road conditions. (WGME)
The highest the grip factor goes to is 0.82, which would be on a dry road.
As the roads become icy, that number will drop.
“This system is also a predictive system, so it can actually show us what’s going to happen 12 hours from now, 24 hours from now, 72 hours from now,” Taddeo said.
This allows the Maine Turnpike Authority to plan in advance of an upcoming storm.
That’s important as they cover a stretch of interstate from Kittery all the way up to Augusta.
The MTA has cameras set up along the Turnpike to see what road conditions look like. (WGME)
“We have 109 miles of road to cover, and this gives us the chance to see everything all at once, so we can dispatch our crews to whatever zones need to be handled,” Taddeo said.
The MTA also has underground sensors that are used to collect road data.
PORTLAND (WGME) — Mild temperatures and lots of clouds will rule the sky on Wednesday before some light rain and snow showers overnight.
Enjoy the mild temperatures while they last as it is turning cold by week’s end.
Lots of clouds will rule the sky for the next few days in Maine. High temps will also sit in the low-to-mid 40s for the day.
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The next chance for some precipitation will move in Wednesday evening through the nighttime hours as mostly rain with some mountain snow.
Look for some fog and areas of drizzle overnight too.
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Rain will head out early Thursday morning followed by lots of cold, Canadian air.
Highs will still run in the low 40s ahead of a cold front shifting through early Thursday evening.
Once that front exits, expect to not leave the mid 20s on Friday.
Wind chills will be in the negatives and single digits to start Friday morning.
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The weekend looks calmer, with a round of snow and rain likely Saturday night through Sunday morning.
Temperatures will be back in the 30s after a cold end to the work and school week.
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Lots of cold air is set to enter the United States next week in waves.
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The next 8 to 14 days showcase below-normal temperatures around New England.
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