Community Supported Agriculture project returning to Orono
After a year’s hiatus, the University of Maine’s Community Supported Agriculture project will resume in June. The Student Agriculture Enthusiasts and the Black Bear Food Guild sponsor the program and...
View ArticleUMaine revamps on-campus housing in response to declining enrollment
University of Maine Housing Services is making changes to on-campus living in an attempt to keep students on campus and ease the decreasing enrollment that has been occurring for the past three years....
View ArticleGovernment Oversight Committee delays decision on legislators’ letter about...
After a meeting of the Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee was postponed until a week from its original date of April 3, the group hasn’t decided what action to take on a letter...
View ArticleVice president of General Student Senate announced for fall
Sen. Chris Protzmann, in line to become the University of Maine’s student body president next academic year, announced at Tuesday’s General Student Senate meeting he would be selecting Sen. Sam Helmke...
View ArticlePolice Beat for April 23, 2012
Drink to the clink The University of Maine Police Department received a report of underage drinking in a fourth-floor room of Somerset Hall at 11:48 p.m. April 19. An officer found a group of people in...
View ArticleBrothers win UM business challenge, $5,000 prize
The University of Maine Business Challenge held its first award ceremony on Saturday at the Wells Conference Center, with a team of brothers taking first place for their business project, Aerial Fly....
View ArticleHOPE festival highlights campus’ green intents
The 18th annual Help Organize Peace Earthwide Festival was held at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center on Saturday. The festival took place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with...
View ArticleOrono firefighter: Level of response to alarms reduced if they come from...
If a shift’s full crew is at the Orono Fire Department when a fire alarm activation call comes in from a University of Maine dormitory, the policy is to send the engine, the ladder truck and one of the...
View ArticleROTC field exercise weekend a camouflaged capstone
PLYMOUTH — Cadet Dale Dunn stood in the darkening field as his squad knelt in a circle around him. His squad members waited for him to give them instructions. Just enough light remained in the sky for...
View ArticleEight candidates for Snowe’s seat speak at UMaine student forum
Eight candidates running for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, spoke about key issues in the race at a forum Wednesday night at the University of Maine....
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