Bill Crandall of Farmington stands outside the polls at the Farmington Community Center on Tuesday, beside a banner listing the consequences of declaring voting residence by registering to vote in Maine. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Bill Crandall of Farmington stood outside the Community Center on Tuesday, beside a banner listing the consequences of declaring […]
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UMF women's soccer weathered tough scheduled to reach NCAA Division III playoffs
UMaine-Farmginton’s McKenna Brodeur runs with ball toward an eventual score against Thomas in the first half of Sunday’s NAC championship game in Waterville. Thomas’ Taznae Fubler is at left. (David Leaming/Morning Sentinel) After a difficult start to the season, the University of Maine at Farmington women’s soccer team courageously did an about-face, won a majority […]
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UMF women among Maine soccer teams in NCAA Division III tournaments
UMaine-Farmington’s Haley Fletcher, a former Monmouth Academy standout, heads the ball as Thomas College player Nikki Bradstreet pressures during the NAC women’s soccer championship game Sunday in Waterville. (David Leaming/Morning Sentinel) WATERVILLE — It did not take long for the Colby College men’s soccer players to stand and cheer. As soon as they heard their […]
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Women's soccer: UMF upsets Thomas to win NAC title
UMF’s Lydia Roy possesses the ball as Thomas College player Emily Bartlett pressures during the NAC championship game on Sunday. (David Leaming/Morning Sentinel Photo) WATERVILLE — A Cinderella season continues for the University of Maine at Farmington women’s soccer team. The Beavers beat Thomas College 3-1 on Sunday to capture the North Atlantic Conference championship […]
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Shiretown Bookers present talk by Kristen Case at UMF
FARMINGTON — Marginalia are the little notes we write to ourselves in the book we are reading. Beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, Kristen Case, poet, author, teacher and collector, will speak on “Transcendental Marginalia,” an overview her changing thought on Thoreau and other American poets as it is revealed in the mysterious notes found […]
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UMF Art Gallery to present 'Consumed'
FARMINGTON — Non-traditional, contemporary artist Beth Wittenberg draws from her experiences moving from privilege to marginalization in her UMF Art Gallery installation, “Consumed.” The University of Maine at Farmington exhibit is on display now through Nov. 30. Over the past 15 years, Wittenberg persevered through a major health crisis, an experience shared by many other Americans […]
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UMF soccer teams heading to NAC playoffs
UMF’s McKenna Brodeur (18) watches as teammate Hadlee Yescott (20) and Northern Vermont-Lyndon’s EmmaLee Smith go for the ball in a North Atlantic Conference regular season finale at Leib Field in Farmington on Tuesday. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Two convincing wins against Northern Vermont-Lyndon means the University of Maine at Farmington’s men’s and women’s soccer […]
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Opus One Big Band to play at UMF
FARMINGTON — ArtsFarmington will present Maine-based Opus One Big Band at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the North Dining Hall in the Olsen Student Center, 111 South St., at the University of Maine at Farmington. Dancing will be an option and instruction will be available at 6:30 p.m. by Susan Atwood and Tom Whalen. Seating […]
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UMF to present Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Russo
FARMINGTON — The Creative Writing Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the University of Maine at Farmington presents Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo as part of its Visiting Writers Series for 2018-2019. Russo will be the second author featured in the 30th anniversary of the Visiting Writers Series. He will read from selected works at 7:30 […]
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John Coltrane subject of New Commons Project at UMF
FARMINGTON — A giant in the world of jazz, American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and his work are the next featured selections of the New Commons Project of the University of Maine at Farmington. An iconic figure of 20th-century jazz, John William Coltrane (1926-1967), also known as “Trane,” is best known for his brilliant improvisation. Born […]