FARMINGTON — In Lucas Small’s room, a calendar hangs on his wall, sporting the words: “Do it for Nana.” Those words have been his motto during the four years he spent at the University of Maine at Farmington. On Saturday at UMF’s graduation ceremony, all of his and his classmates’ hard work paid off, and […]
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Sixth annual Fiddlehead Festival set for Saturday in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The fiddleheads are up and the Maine Fiddlehead Festival will be held Saturday, rain or shine. The sixth annual festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 6 on the grounds of the Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. Organizer Cynthia Stancioff said the center […]
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Women’s lacrosse: UMF tops Maine Maritime in playoff contest
UMF’s Rhi Jackson battles with Maine Maritime’s Tori Cooper (18) for the ball during a North Atlantic Conference quarterfinal lacrosse game in Farmington on Friday. FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s loud-and-clear message came in the deafening roar of a flurry of first-half goals. The Beavers reeled off six unanswered goals in the […]
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UMaine Farmington splits baseball doubleheader with Thomas
Thomas College’s Rett Adams tags out University of Maine at Farmington’s Trevor Hisler during Game 2 of a doubleheader at Hippach Field in Farmington on Thursday. FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington and Thomas College took advantage of timely hitting and solid pitching to turn the tables on each other in a North […]
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UMF professors remember senior during annual symposium
FARMINGTON — The Michael D. Wilson Symposium at the University of Maine at Farmington on Wednesday paid tribute to the memory of a Rumford student who died this year before completing his senior research project. “Tyler Daigle, had he lived, would be presenting the results of his senior history research project today,” Allison Hepler, professor of […]
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Foreign Service officer commencement speaker at UMF
FARMINGTON — A retired Foreign Service officer with many years of experience in the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia will be the commencement speaker for the Class of 2017 at the University of Maine at Farmington. Louis D. Sell will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the graduation ceremony at 10:30 […]
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One Act Play Festival coming to UMF
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will present its annual student-directed and -produced One Act Play Festival, April 21-23. Performances will be held at the UMF Alumni Theater and are open to the public. They are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 21 and April 22; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23. […]
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UMF welcomes Bread and Puppet Theater to Emery Community Arts Center, April 30
FARMINGTON – The University of Maine at Farmington Emery Community Arts Center, UMF Arts Division and Temple Stream Theater are excited to welcome the world-renowned Bread and Puppet Theater to campus for a performance of “Faust 3” at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 30, at the ECAC. One of the longest-running, nonprofit, self-supporting theater companies in […]
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Maine Geography Bee winner
Joseph Luchsinger, a seventh-grade student from South Berwick, won the Maine Geography Bee on Friday at the University of Maine at Farmington. The bee is sponsored by National Geographic. Luchsinger is presented with an early admission letter to UMF by President Kathryn Foster based on his finishing high school and meeting UMF admission standards, she […]
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UMF invites young writers to Longfellow workshop, July 16-22
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington once again invites young writers to apply for its Longfellow Young Writers Workshop to be held Sunday, July 16, through Saturday, July 22, on the UMF campus. The only weeklong young writers’ summer workshop in New England, Longfellow provides talented high school writers with the opportunity to […]