🌱 UMaine offers faculty retirement payouts as budget cuts deepen

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In today's newsletter:

• UMaine offers faculty retirement payouts as budget cuts deepen
• Why tech professionals seek privacy advice on Reddit, according to UMaine
• Old Town faces another search for an economic development director

Also on today's calendar: The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 47 and low of 31 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy, temps: high: 47, low: 31.
• Friday: A bit of rain, with a high of 43 and low of 34 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. UMaine Offers Voluntary Retirement Packages to 158 Faculty Members Amidst $19M Budget Shortfall (themainewire.com) — The University of Maine is offering 158 eligible faculty members a year's base salary to retire as it confronts a projected $19 million budget shortfall. Faculty have until January 2 to enroll for September 2027 retirement, while planned layoffs and possible program closures leave broader questions about staffing and instruction unresolved.
   

2. Researchers investigate why technology professionals turn to Reddit for privacy law advice (techxplore.com) — University of Maine researchers examined why technology professionals turn to Reddit for help navigating privacy law, especially when companies lack their own legal teams. Drawing on 223 survey responses and 2,248 posts, the team found that users often check strangers' advice against official regulations and other sources.
   

3. Old Town economic development director quits after less than a year (bangordailynews.com) — Old Town faces another leadership vacancy after economic development director Amy Collinsworth resigned Oct. 19, with City Manager Bill Mayo also retiring in January. The city plans to advertise her job this week. Her predecessor, E.J. Roach, now leads planning and economic development in Orono.
   

4. Maine's young Catholics are flocking to the church's Latin Mass (bangordailynews.com) — Monthly Latin services in Orono helped introduce one Rockland family to a tradition drawing young Catholics across Maine. They now travel to Portland for Sunday Mass, where nearly 250 people regularly attend St. Joseph Oratory and the average attendee is 35, according to its priest.
   

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📸 Around Orono

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Orono

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★ Featured events ★

Friday November 13

• The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams →
  Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd, Arundel
  8:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Seacoast Artisans 27th Annual Holiday Fine Arts & Craft Show →
  Great Bay Community College, 320 Corporate Dr, Portsmouth
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• National Theater Live Broadcast – Playboy of the Western World →
  Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
• Orono Fence Install - Day 2 →
  1 Taylor Rd, Orono
  8:00 am
• Storytime →
  Orono Public Library Children's Area, 39 Pine Street, Orono
  11:00 am
• Opera Talk - Macbeth →
  Dana and Mary Ann Devoe Community Room, 39 Pine Street, Orono
  5:00 pm
• Fields Pond Book Group →
  Dana and Mary Ann Devoe Community Room, 39 Pine Street, Orono
  6:30 pm

Friday November 13

• Old Orchard Beach at Orono →
  14 Goodridge Dr, Orono
• Geezers in Sneakers Getting Coffee →
  Dana and Mary Ann Devoe Community Room, 39 Pine Street, Orono
  9:30 am
• Friday Fun Group →
  Dana and Mary Ann Devoe Community Room, 39 Pine Street, Orono
  11:30 am

Saturday November 14

• The Met: Live in HD – Macbeth →
  Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
• 4-H Science Center Fall Open House →
  Lafayette and Rawcliffe 4-H Science and Engineering Learning Center, 491 College Avenue, Orono
  10:00 am
• Storytime →
  39 Pine Street, Orono
  10:30 am
• Mahjongg Group →
  Orono Public Library, 39 Pine Street, Orono
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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