MEDFORD, Mass. — The No. 1 team in the country is unbeaten no more. Behind five goals from Falmouth’s Charlie Fay, Bates College upended top-ranked Tufts University 12-8 Tuesday in NESCAC men’s lacrosse action. Jack Allard added four goals and Jack Strain added two more for the Bobcats (7-4, 4-4 NESCAC), who launched 24 shots […]
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UMF launches pilot program to train math coaches
FARMINGTON — A new graduate program designed to prepare math coaches for elementary schools and help raise student math skills is being launched at the University of Maine at Farmington. The Maine Mathematics Coaching Project has six applicants for the two-year pilot program, Sandra MacArthur, UMF director of educational outreach, said. Three applicants are from […]
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Math coaching program launched at UMF
FARMINGTON — As a leader in teacher education, the University of Maine at Farmington is launching a mathematics coaching graduate program that will help educators raise the math proficiency of their students and better prepare them for higher level career and college mathematics demands. Developed in partnership with school districts and the Maine Department of […]
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UMF hall offers campus living with off-campus lifestyle
FARMINGTON — The idea of on-campus living with an off-campus lifestyle is appealing to students at the University of Maine at Farmington. Lockwood Hall has been empty for the past two years, said Brian Ufford, director of Housing and Residential Life. It is a sign of lower enrollment and student cost-saving measures. In an effort […]
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UMF researcher gets credit for discovering marine worm
FARMINGTON — A biology researcher is being credited with discovering a new species of marine worm near the U.S. Virgin Islands. University of Maine at Farmington lecturer Nancy Prentiss says she found the unfamiliar fanworms on the underside of a rock while snorkeling at Hurricane Hole off of St. John. She says she knew the […]
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College softball: Recent graduate is UMF’s interim coach
FARMINGTON — Amy Jones said her dream job is to be a college softball coach. That dream has come true, although she certainly didn’t expect it to happen at age 23, a little less than a year after completing her senior season at the University of Maine at Farmington. Jones has gone from being a […]
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Planners OK application for UMF heating plant
FARMINGTON — The Planning Board on Monday approved a site review application with conditions for the University of Maine at Farmington’s proposed central heating plant. Its approval came after a motion to construct an internal emission stack, Code Enforcement Officer Steve Kaiser said Tuesday. The project was designed with an external 50-foot stack rising from […]
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Farmington planners to visit UMF heating plant site
FARMINGTON — Planning Board members want to see if an 18-wheeler can negotiate tight street corners before voting on a proposed biomass central heating plant for the University of Maine at Farmington. Drivers will need to make these turns for 30-ton deliveries of wood chips to the plant, an estimated 11 trips per week during […]
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Norway’s Cash named interim VP for UMF enrollment
FARMINGTON — A Norway man and School Administrative District 17 director has been named interim vice president for enrollment at the University of Maine at Farmington campus. Jared J. Cash was named to the position by UMF President Kathryn A. Foster. Cash will direct the university’s strategic enrollment activities, providing oversight and leadership to all […]
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Farmington planners holding hearings on two projects
FARMINGTON — The Planning Board will listen to public input on two local projects at 6 p.m. Monday, March 9, at the Municipal Building. A public hearing on the University of Maine at Farmington’s proposed biomass central heating plant will be held. A hearing for McDonald’s plan to raze the Main Street building and rebuild […]