BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College owned the boards and dominated the perimeter, but an overmatched University of Maine at Farmington held on to its composure against a Polar Bear team that was too hot to handle Wednesday night. Bowdoin enjoyed all the comforts of Morrell Gymnasium and hustled off with 112-24 victory against the Beavers (3-4). […]
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College football: Bates beats Bowdoin, claims fourth straight CBB title
Bates College players celebrate after defeating Bowdoin College in Lewiston on Saturday, securing a fourth consecutive CBB title. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) LEWISTON — The Bates College football team claimed its fourth consecutive CBB title by defeating Bowdoin 24-17 at Garcelon Field on Saturday. It’s the first time Bates has won four straight Colby-Bates-Bowdoin titles, […]
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PHOTOS: Bates men's soccer falls to Bowdoin, 2-1
Bates College’s Nate Merchant hustles to keep control of the ball as Bowdoin’s Jake Stenquist keeps the pace during Sunday afternoon’s soccer game at Bates College.Bowdoin’s Wilson MacMillan and Bates College’s Eric Opoku both rush the ball during Sunday evening’s soccer match-up at Bates College.
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UMF, USM among four Maine colleges sharing $2M from Upward Bound
PORTLAND (AP) — Four Maine colleges and universities will receive more than $2.1 million in federal funding to help disadvantaged students pursue higher education. The money is coming through the U.S. Department of Education’s Upward Bound program. The recipients are the University of Maine System, University of Southern Maine, University of Maine at Farmington and […]
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College rowing: Bates sweeps races, claims President’s Cup
Shoes line the dock as teams from Bates, Colby and Bowdoin load and unload their boats during Sunday’s 21st annual President’s Cup held at the Bates training facility with their recently completed state of the art boathouse. GREENE — Bates College had the President’s Cup wrapped up, but had one more race remaining at Sunday’s […]
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Bowdoin professor was finalist for her second Pulitzer
BRUNSWICK (AP) — A Bowdoin College professor’s book about her abusive father who had sex reassignment surgery at 76 nearly won her a second Pulitzer Prize. Susan Faludi’s “In the Darkroom” was one of three nominees in the autobiography category that was won by Hisham Matar, author of “The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land […]
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College baseball: Bates sweeps Bowdoin
WATERVILLE — Three games that could have gone either way. Things went the way of Bates College in all three as the Bobcats swept a New England Small College Athletic Conference Eastern Division doubleheader on Saturday at Colby College, 4-3 in nine innings in the opener, and 6-3 in the seven-inning nightcap. Added to Bates’ […]
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Women’s lacrosse: Bates’ rally comes up just short
Bates College’s Caroline Kerrigan (4) sets to shoot on Bowdoin College keeper Kayli Weiss during their game at Garcelon Field on the campus of bates Colege in Lewiston on Wednesday. Kerrigan scored Bates’ first goal on the play. LEWISTON — The Bates College women’s lacrosse team came up just short Wednesday, missing an opportunity to […]
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Men’s lacrosse: Weber’s late goals lift Bates over Bowdoin
BRUNSWICK — Bates College’s and Bowdoin’ men’s lacrosse showdown was a game of momentum swings. The Bobcats got the last swing by scoring four unanswered goals in the fourth quarter for a 13-12 victory over the Polar Bears on Wednesday. It was a quiet game for midfielder Kyle Weber until he tied it at 12-12 […]
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Eric C. Ray
BURLINGTON, Mass. — Eric Charles Ray, also known as E. Ray to his friends, was a lifelong resident of New Gloucester. Eric passed away Tuesday, Feb. 14. Born July 1, 1949, to Ruth and Delbert Ray, Eric was one of 10 children. Eric was known in his youth to be a hell-raiser, but a hard […]