FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington personnel, law enforcement officers, fire crews and emergency medical workers will conduct active threat training from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m Thursday, June 21, throughout the campus. Authorities are asking the public to stay clear of Mallett Hall, Ricker Hall and Roberts Hall. For more information, contact […]
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Temporary road closure for Trek Across Maine in Farmington
FARMINGTON — South Street will be closed from 6 a.m. Friday, June 15, until 10 a.m. Saturday, June 16, for the annual American Lung Association Trek Across Maine. Motorists are asked to use caution because an increase in vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic is expected downtown.
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UMF offers annual Summer Daze Camp for youth
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Fitness and Recreation Center is offering its annual Summer Daze Camp for children going into grades one through seven in the fall. The camp runs for seven, five-day sessions from Monday through Friday, June 25 through Aug. 10. The cost is $140 per session for members and […]
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Teens to learn about UMF Upward Bound program
AUBURN — The University of Maine at Farmington’s Upward Bound program will be explained at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at the Auburn Public Library. Interested students, their parents and guardians are invited to attend. One of eight federal TRIO programs designed to serve individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, Upward Bound projects provide academic support to […]
Posted inConnections, The Franklin Journal
UMF actuarial science student named George Mitchell Peace Scholar
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington has announced that Drew Kelso, a junior from Hampden, has been selected as a 2018 George Mitchell Peace Scholar. Kelso’s scholarship will take him to the city of Cork on the south coast of Ireland where he will study for a semester at the University College Cork […]
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UMF creative writing program hosting workshop for high school writers
FARMINGTON — Looking for an exceptional summer writing workshop for talented high school writers? University of Maine at Farmington’s seventh annual Longfellow Young Writer’s workshop will be held Sunday through Saturday, July 15 to 21, on the UMF campus. The program is open for applications. Longfellow holds small supportive workshops in poetry, nonfiction, screenwriting and […]
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UMF Community Chorus and Orchestra to present 'A German Requiem'
FARMINGTON — The UMF Community Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of Bruce McInnes, will present a performance of “A German Requiem,” by Johannes Brahms, at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 29, in Nordica Auditorium in UMF Merrill Hall. With many symphonies and orchestras presenting concerts on the same day, Professor McInnes looked to local communities as he gathered an orchestra […]
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Children's Task Force to hold '70s dance party
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Children’s Task Force is holding its “That ’70s” Dance Party 40th Anniversary Celebration from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, April 28, in the University of Maine at Farmington’s North Dining Hall. Guests are invited to dress in their best ’70s attire and dance the night away to hits from the […]
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UMF to present new play by Bread and Puppet Theater
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is excited to once again welcome the world-renowned Bread and Puppet Theater to the Emery Community Arts Center for a performance at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 28. The theater company will be presenting a new play, “The Basic Bye-Bye Show,” a manifesto on transformation inspired by Albrecht Dürer’s apocalyptic […]
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UMF's Hollis, Campbell keep track of each other
UMF’s Robbie Hollis stays just ahead of a runner in the 10,000-meter race at the Maine State Men’s Outdoor Championships at Bates College in Lewiston on Saturday. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) University of Maine at Farmington cross country coach Dan Campbell checks the course during the North Atlantic Conference cross country championships in Farmington last year. (Tony […]