ORONO — Pushaun Brown rushed for 144 yards and the Black Bear defense shined as the No. 13 University of Maine football team defeated UMass 32-21 on Senior Day on Saturday. Maine is now 8-2 overall and 6-1 in CAA play while Massachusetts falls to 5-5. Brian Harvey got Maine on the scoreboard first as […]
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College Football: Bates breezes against Bowdoin
LEWISTON — It won’t go into the books as a shutout. But if it hits like a shutout, gang-tackles like a shutout and forces a fistful of turnovers like a shutout, the spectator is free to draw his own conclusions. Bates beat Bowdoin from the coin flip to the shouting of the fight song in […]
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College Notebook: Read rated all-conference
University of New England women’s soccer forward Alice Read of Auburn (Edward Little) has been named to the Commonwealth Coast Conference honorable mention all-conference team. Read scored two goals during the conference schedule, and her three assists in that span tied for fifth among the league leaders. UNE finished 8-0-1 in league play, winning its […]
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Eats: Pumpkins: Healthy and hearty, pumpkin pumps up the volume on autumn meals
Think “winter luxury” means a week in Jackson Hole? Think again! Among the legions of pumpkins that fill fields, stores, farm stands and tables at this time of year are varieties with the names Winter Luxury, Autumn Gold, Harvest Moon, Howden Biggie, Baby Bear, Funny Face, Young’s Beauty, Spooktacular, Ghost Rider, Triple Treat and Happy […]
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Correction: No exhibit
LEWISTON — Efforts to create an exhibit of photographs of the Androscoggin River by Bowdoin College faculty member and photographer Michael Kolster for display at Bates College were not successful, Bates spokeswoman Peggy Rotundo said. Officials still hope to set up an exhibit, she said. The information in a story published on Page B5 on […]
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The Androscoggin: Now and now – Unique photo exhibit is a highlight of two Bowdoin profs’ look at the Androscoggin’s historic course
In a 90-minute sit-down, Michael Kolster and Matthew Klingle first wax philosophic — how much is a place affected by someone and how much is someone affected by a place? — veer to the poetic — it’s about appreciating the here — then offer analogies to the hanging gardens of Babylon. All talking about the Androscoggin River. That […]
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Bowdoin preserves rare Arctic exploration film
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Bowdoin College has finished preserving a rare film of some of Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan’s journeys to Greenland. The Brunswick school used a National Film Preservation Foundation grant to have a film lab preserve what is believed to be the only existing copy of MacMillan’s first film, “Visiting with the Eskimos […]
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Mom’s level head keeps her, daughter safe after live wires fall on car
LISBON — A Bowdoin mother is being credited with saving the lives of herself and her young daughter after a utility pole, transformer and live wires fell onto her car Sunday during Tropical Storm Irene. Officer Ryan McGee of the Lisbon Police Department commended Kathleen Alexander, 48, for her actions after the pole fell onto […]
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Bowdoin students named to Phi Beta Kappa
BRUNSWICK — The following students were among 46 Bowdoin College students elected and initiated to Phi Beta Kappa. Samuel Landis, of Oquossoc, a member of the class of 2011 majoring in German and earth and oceanographic science. Sara Powers, of Auburn, a member of the class of 2011 majoring in French and neuroscience and minoring […]