GORHAM — Nina Davenport continued her torrid start to the season as the Bates College women’s basketball team earned its first win of the season by beating the University of Southern Maine, 68-56, on Tuesday. Davenport made 6-of-9 from 3-point range and finished with a game-high 27 points. She also had a game-high eight rebounds […]
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UMF to host poet Kaveh Akbar
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will host poet Kaveh Akbar as the next reader in its Visiting Writers Series. Sponsored by the UMF Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, the reading will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is […]
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UMF Mitchell Scholars donate meal to homeless shelter
FARMINGTON — In an effort to give back to the community, the University of Maine at Farmington Mitchell Scholars Club donated ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal to Western Maine Homeless Outreach. Donated were three turkeys, stuffing, vegetables and three pies. The food made its way to the Farmington shelter Monday by Brittany Wakefield, club secretary and […]
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UMF women: Backcourt key to Beavers' success
FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington women’s basketball coach Jamie Beaudoin doesn’t need to take inventory of his players to know he has a surplus of guards. “We have six returning guards with the aspect that they have been through it (up-and-down season) and they are all experienced,” Beaudoin said. “Sara Lamb is a […]
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Mutual devotion, respect works for Lewiston sister act
University of Maine at Farmington guards and sisters Jenessa and Kasey Talarico from Lewiston are ready to go for this basketball season FARMINGTON — There was no evidence of cajoling or arm twisting when Kasey Talarico decided to join her sister, Jenessa, and play field hockey and basketball for the University of Maine at Farmington. […]
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Men's basketball: UMF will play faster in 2017-18
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is short on height, but the Beavers are long on speed, pinpoint shooting and downright scrappy on defense. So having two of the three essentials to putting together a competitive basketball team should make the UMF men’s contingent one tough customer in the North Atlantic Conference this […]
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Men's basketball: Berry feels UMF worthy of crown
UMF’s Eric Berry (33) watches as Riley Robinson (20) looks to pass the ball practice at Dearborn Gymnasium in Farmington. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) FARMINGTON — Eric Berry and University of Maine at Farmington assistant coach Jim Bessey have a positive history that developed and flourished on the basketball court. Berry played for Bessey at Mt. […]
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James F. Stevens
MEXICO — The Earth bid farewell to a beautiful soul Tuesday, Nov. 7, when James Frank Stevens, 66, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Mexico, Maine. James was born Oct. 15, 1951, in Farmington, Maine, to Arlene (Martin) and Robert W. Stevens Sr. James was a man with a generous and loving […]
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UMF students to host meal for veterans
UMF students developed a logo to announce a meal for veterans and their families. (Submitted photo) FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington students will host a dinner for veterans and their families from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the Old South Church on Main Street. The event is free and open […]
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New Gloucester student investigates Yellowstone supervolcano
FARMINGTON — What volcanic secrets are hidden beneath Yellowstone National Park and how does a University of Maine at Farmington student get the opportunity to investigate them? Bryce Neal, UMF senior from New Gloucester and a geology major, was accepted in spring 2017 in the National Science Foundation’s competitive Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. He […]