The University of Maine was picked to finish eighth of 12 teams in the Colonial Athletic Association preseason football poll Tuesday and that didn’t surprise anyone from the league’s northernmost post. “It happens every year,” said Joe Harasymiak, entering his third season as the Black Bears head coach. “Our guys are used to it. As […]
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Talented Whittier worked hard to excel at basketball
Gray-New Gloucester’s Katie Whittier (22) battles for a rebound vs. Mt. Desert Island in the Class B girls’ basketball state championship at Bangor Auditorium in Bangor in March 2002. (John Ewing/Portland Press Herald File Photo) Katie Whittier makes a post move for the University of Maine women’s basketball team. (UMaine Athletics) Katie Whittier never lacked […]
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Spruce Mountain High School team places first at state Windstorm challenge
Spruce Mountain High School’s Windstorm Challenge student team take first place at the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge at the University of Maine on May 18 in Orono. The competition requires students to build a wind turbine platform that floats and supports the turbine so it stays vertical without tipping over in waves and wind. The students […]
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Area youth win top awards at Maine National History Day
ORONO — At Maine National History Day, 261 students from 30 middle and high schools showcased exhibits, papers, websites, documentaries and performances based on their original research on Saturday, April 7, at the University of Maine. The 173 entries in the statewide contest are the most since the event began to be hosted at the University […]
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2018 Maine Policy Scholars honored at graduation ceremony
ELLSWORTH — The 2018 Class of Maine Policy Scholars (MPS) was recently honored during a special graduation ceremony in the Bangor Room in the Memorial Union on the University of Maine campus in Orono. One student from six of the seven campuses of the University of Maine system pursued a year-long program of applied research […]
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Denver’s Jim Montgomery, former UMaine captain, to coach in NHL
According reports published by TSN in Canada and by NBCSports.com, former University of Maine captain Jim Montgomery will be the next head coach of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. Bob McKenzie, a hockey insider for the Canadian network, first tweeted the news at about 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, saying an announcement is expected […]
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UMaine System raising tuition, fees, room and board an average 2.9% this fall
Higher education is going to cost a bit more in Maine next fall. Tuition, fees and room and board costs at the seven University of Maine System campuses will increase an average of $466, or 2.9 percent, in the fall, according to budget figures presented Wednesday to the system’s trustees’ finance committee. The state’s community […]
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Outdoors in Maine: UMaine-Orono a wellspring of promise
The New England Outdoor Writers Association (NEOWA) is a large group of outdoor writers and photographers that promotes wildlife conservation and professionalism in outdoor communication. Each year, NEOWA awards significant scholarships to a wildlife major from all six of New England’s land grant universities. The hope is that these wildlife majors will go on to […]
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Stephanie McCusker was a triple threat for Lisbon High School
Stephanie McCusker flies through the air during the Class C state track and field championship meet in 2002 at the University of Maine-Orono. (Sun Journal file photo) Stephanie McCusker never gave up. It didn’t matter the obstacle, the sport nor the circumstance. It wasn’t in her vocabulary. Competing in gymnastics at a young age taught […]
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Woodstock 4-H camp prepares for season
Sasha Lennon nails plastic on the end of a greenhouse in the middle of Alice’s Acres, a plot of land at the University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center in Woodstock on Monday. The Bates College graduate is an AmeriCorps volunteer who teaches and does chores at the camp on Lake Christopher. In the […]