UMaine to lay off staff as it slashes $5.6M from budget

UMaine to lay off staff as it slashes $5.6M from budget

The University of Maine is slimming its budget by $5.6 million and laying off “fewer than 10” staff members in the next fiscal year, an email sent by UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy on Tuesday revealed. The email, which was sent to UMaine and UMaine at Machias employees, is the first look at what cuts the university will make after announcing departments needed to reduce their budgets by 7%. It does not show every aspect of the proposed budg…