Maine’s Joe Fitzpatrick drags New Hampshire defenders for extra yardage during last week’s season opener in Orono. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) The University of Maine football players were feeling good when they came back to practice earlier this week. And why not? The Black Bears opened the season with a 35-7 thumping of rival […]
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UMaine football looking to end skid against rival New Hampshire
ORONO — The University of Maine has yet to begin classes. And for that, Manny Patterson is thankful. Patterson, you see, is a junior cornerback — the shutdown cornerback — on the Black Bears football team. He has something else on his mind these days — Maine opens its season at 7 p.m. Thursday against […]
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UMaine hires Ralph as new athletic director
Ken Ralph has been hired as the new athletic director at the University of Maine. (Submitted photo) Growing up in Salem, New Hampshire, Ken Ralph gained an appreciation for the passionate following that the University of Maine sports teams have in their home state. And even though he spent the last 11 years working as […]
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UMaine football player died of heart condition, coroner rules
Darius Minor, 18, died last month during a University of Maine football workout at Alfond Stadium in Orono. University of Maine football player Darius Minor died of a heart condition, according to the state medical examiner’s office. Minor, an 18-year-old from Locust Grove, Virginia, collapsed and died during a supervised workout at Alfond Stadium on […]
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College football: Defense dominates in UMaine intrasquad scrimmage
ORONO — When outsiders talk about this year’s University of Maine football team, the conversation invariably begins with the defense – and how good it can be. After Monday afternoon’s intrasquad scrimmage at Alfond Stadium, it’s easy to see why. The defense, nicknamed “The Black Hole,” was dominating at times when the first units were on […]
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Former UMaine football star Wheeler dies
Former University of Maine football standout Manchester “Manch” Wheeler has died, the school announced in a press release on Monday. Wheeler, who was born in Augusta before graduating from Maine in 1962, was 79. “The University of Maine football team extends our most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Manch Wheeler,” current UMaine […]
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College football: Wright 'more than excited' for return to field for Maine
Maine’s Micah Wright receives the ball on this touchdown pass from Dan Collins to put Maine up 14-7 in the first half at the University of Maine campus in Orono in November 2016. (Kevin Bennett Photo) Maine’s Micah Wright skips throught the UNH defense as he makes yardage during first half action at the University […]
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University of Maine announces dean's list
ORONO — The University of Maine has announced the dean’s list for the spring semester of 2018. Local students named to the list include: Androscoggin County Auburn: Alexis Bellefleur, Sophie Charest, Cameron Dubay, Sarah Hammond, Emily Hayes, Kaylee Jipson, Taylor Landry, Jordan Lau, Dylan Miller, Emma Paradie, Hadley Wallace and Jake Willows. Durham: Tatum Erlandson, […]
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Area students interning with state, municipal governments
ORONO — The Maine Government Summer Internship Program opened its 2018 session May 29 with 55 students interning with the state and with municipal governments. Local interns include: • Rebecca Archer of Gray, who attends the University of Maine, is a Community Development Office intern with the Town of Gray; • Emily Buell of Otisfield, who […]
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Rockwood Norton Berry
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Rockwood Norton Berry, 99, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 5, at Spring Haven Retirement, Winter Haven, Fla. Predeceased by his wife, Louise (Garland) Berry; sons David and Richard Berry; and brothers Howard, Ronald and Theodore Berry, Rock is survived by daughter, Katherine, and her husband, Curt Oestreich, of Leesburg, Fla.; daughter, Cynthia […]