BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College graduate Wil Smith, “a giant of a person” who raised a young daughter alone while attending Bowdoin and then returned after law school to work as a dean, helping the college increase opportunities for people of color, died of colon cancer Sunday in Philadelphia at the age of 46. Smith’s inspiring […]
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Time to fill out FAFSA; help available Thursday at Lewiston High
LEWISTON — Financial aid experts will be at Lewiston High School on Thursday to help parents and seniors fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. and is open to any high school senior and his or her parents, not just those from Lewiston, said Doug […]
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Bowdoin offers to cover full tuition for slain New York City police officer’s son, a student at the Brunswick college
BRUNSWICK — The son of one of two New York City police officers killed Saturday night in Brooklyn is a sophomore at Bowdoin College. Barry Mills, president of the college, informed the family of student Justin Ramos on Sunday morning that the college would provide full financial aid to enable Ramos to complete his Bowdoin […]
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Bowdoin College disciplines lacrosse players for dressing as Native Americans
BRUNSWICK — Fourteen members of the Bowdoin College men’s lacrosse team will be disciplined for dressing up as Native Americans at a November party known as “Cracksgiving” held in an off-campus house known as “Crack House” rented by members of the team. As first reported in The Bowdoin Orient, a student newspaper, and confirmed Wednesday by […]
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College field hockey: Bowdoin back to defend Division III title
BRUNSWICK — The NCAA Division III field hockey Final Four is set to begin on Saturday at Lexington, Va., with the Bowdoin College Polar Bears looking to repeat as NCAA champions. Nicky Pearson, in her 19th year leading the Polar Bears, has led her team to an 18-2 mark this season. Bowdoin will face Salisbury […]
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Bowdoin begins building Maine’s largest solar power project
BOWDOIN (AP) — Bowdoin College is beginning to build what is expected to become the state’s largest solar power project. The school said that the 1.2 megawatt, 4,500-panel solar project will be seven times bigger than Maine’s largest existing installation. Panels will be placed on several buildings, including the Farley Field House and the Greason […]
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Bowdoin College president to resign next year
PORTLAND (AP) — Bowdoin College President Barry Mills will resign in June 2015. The Brunswick, Maine, college announced the resignation on Monday. The 63-year-old Mills is in his 13th year as president of the college. Mills said in a statement that he is not retiring from work and will seek another “professional challenge.” He is […]
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Empty Bowdoin College hockey bus slides into N.Y. restaurant
OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) — Bowdoin College officials say no one was aboard the men’s hockey team bus when it slid down a hill during Wednesday’s blizzard and hit a central New York restaurant. Nick Canale told The Post-Standard of Syracuse (http://bit.ly/1fyEMSW ) that the bus driver was having lunch inside his Italian restaurant in Oswego […]
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Brunswick Planning Board to review Bowdoin expansion plans
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Brunswick’s Planning Board is scheduled to review two separate Bowdoin College building projects this week. The board meets Tuesday to discuss a plan by the school to tear down a building on Maine Street and replace it with a new administrative office building, as well as a proposal to turn the former […]
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Civil War hero’s Brunswick home damaged by water
“Water was pouring from the ceiling,” Benet Pols said of the parlor of the Potter Street building, the former residence of the Civil War hero and 19th-century Maine governor. “It was a terrible scene. There was water gushing through the ceiling.” Pols said the painted ceiling has since collapsed. Pols said he responded to a […]