By Aaron Gifford The Department of Education has referred Maine to the Department of Justice after the state refused to end the participation of boys identifying as transgender in girls’ sports, federal officials announced April 11, the deadline to comply. Craig Trainor, the Department of Education’s acting assistant secretary for its Office for Civil Rights, […]
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Maine, the northeasternmost U.S. state, is known for its rocky coastline, maritime history and nature areas like the granite and spruce islands of Acadia National Park. Moose are plentiful in Baxter State Park, home to Mt. Katahdin, endpoint of the Appalachian Trail. Lighthouses such as the candy-striped beacon at West Quoddy Head, dot the coast, as do lobster shacks and sandy beaches like Ogunquit and Old Orchard.