FARMINGTON — A section of High Street and South Street will be closed Saturday, May 17, to ease congestion around graduation at the University of Maine at Farmington. High Street from Lake Avenue to Middle Street will close from 10 to 11 a.m., according to UMF police Chief Brock Caton. South Street will be closed […]
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Job fair planned at UMF
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Career Services office and the Maine CareerCenter will host the first Western Maine Community Job and Resource Fair on Thursday, May 22. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon in the UMF Fitness and Recreation Center, 152 Quebec St. The fair is free and […]
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UMF art students sculpt beaver dam
FARMINGTON — Weaving sticks and litter around small logs and patting in a little mud, art students created a large sculpture of a beaver dam in Abbott Park at the University of Maine at Farmington. The university’s mascot is a beaver. The three students worked quickly Thursday, preparing the art piece before their instructor, assistant […]
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UMF campus rocks in Happy video
FARMINGTON — A video featuring students, faculty and staff at the University of Maine at Farmington and set to the popular song “Happy” is getting lots of views online. It’s mostly about fun, creator Abraham Turcotte, a UMF senior from Portland, said. They dance. They clap. They sing. And the world is watching. The video […]
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UMF College Democrats host debate of primary candidates
FARMINGTON — A debate between Democrats Emily Cain and Troy Jackson, who are running for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at the University of Maine at Farmington. It will be held in Lincoln Auditorium of Roberts Learning Center and hosted by the UMF College Democrats, a student […]
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Farmington’s Maine Fiddlehead Festival attracts large crowds
FARMINGTON — Fiddleheads from the banks of the Sandy River have yet to make an appearance because of the late winter and cold spring. But on Saturday, the third annual Maine Fiddlehead Festival went off without a hitch, drawing large crowds of all ages before people mostly dispersed by 2 p.m. when a rain shower […]
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UMF Community Chorus concert honors founder, Joel Hayden
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Community Chorus spring concert on Sunday is offered in memory of Joel Hayden, the founder of the chorus and longtime UMF professor who recently passed away at the age of 92. The concert begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in Nordica Auditorium in UMF’s Merrill Hall. The concert […]
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UMF students try eating locally on shoestring budget
FARMINGTON — Once Erin Beal learned more about how food is processed, grocery stores became a scary place. It led the University of Maine at Farmington senior and her roommate, Kellie Sanborn of Gray, to try eating locally produced foods for six weeks, Beal said during a presentation Wednesday at UMF. Beal, of Kennebunk, was […]
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Fiddlehead Festival offers programs, music and food
FARMINGTON — Celebrating local foods and the opening of the summer season for the Sandy River Farmer’s Market, the third annual Fiddlehead Festival: Local Food Day on Saturday, May 3, offers a presentations, antique tractors and food. “There’s something for everyone at this great growing-season kickoff event,” Luke Kellett, an organizer and sustainability coordinator at […]
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UMF partnership to receive leadership award
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington has announced that the UMF Partnership for Civic Advancement will be honored by the Maine Campus Compact with the President’s Leadership Award at a ceremony in the State House Hall of Flags in Augusta from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, April 30. UMF’s Partnership for Civic Advancement […]