UMF students to continue in-person learning for spring semester

However, a University of Maine at Farmington official said they were waiting on updated guidance from UMS Monday, Jan. 10.

2021 — The Year in Review, Part I

The Franklin Journal looks back on a busy year full of ups and downs.

2021 – Year in Review in Photos, Part 1

2021 – Year in Review in Photos, Part 1

Looking back on 2021 in Franklin County through photographs from the Franklin Journal.

Photo: Blankets of sleet cleared away in Farmington

Funding for UMF program rejected, Congressional delegation aren’t happy

The U.S. Department of Education is defunding UMF's Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant that prepares "economically disadvantaged students in Maine" for college. Maine's four federal congresspeople spoke out against the decision.

Maine delegation wants UMF’s college prep program funding restored

For the first time in more than 20 years, the federal government has rejected the University of Maine at Farmington's request for a grant for its college prep program, GEAR UP Maine.

Emery Community Arts Center hosts exhibit, meetings on mass-incarceration reform and prisoner-advocacy

UMF is hosting a series of Franklin County community action meetings on restorative justice with local law enforcement, organizations, leaders and other state prisoner advocacy and reentry organizations.

UMaine-Farmington’s Sustainable Campus Coalition celebrates 20th anniversary

The Sustainable Campus Coalition, founded in 2001, is "an organization of students, faculty, staff and community members" working to reduce the campus's "environmental impact" and educate the community on sustainability.

UMaine-Farmington students block road to protest town’s fossil-fuel emissions

Four University of Maine at Farmington students blocked off Main Street, one of Farmington's busier roads and thoroughfares, to protest climate change and the town's fossil fuel emissions. The sit-in ended when police intervened after 15 minutes. The sit-in raised discussion between participants, bystanders and other local activists about the most impactful ways to protest and instigate change.