Outside McPhee’s home, his good friend Ryan Palmer arrives to help the wheelchair-bound sportswriter into a van for the short drive to Dirigo, where McPhee is set to cover the game for the Sun Journal of Lewiston and the Rumford Falls Times. For the 57-year-old McPhee, this routine of covering high school sports — his […]
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College football: James Madison’s big plays sink UMaine
Junior quarterback Bryan Schor tossed a 19-yard touchdown pass to John Miller on third-and-11 1:46 into the fourth quarter to give the Dukes a 24-20 lead and, following a Raven Greene interception, Cardon Johnson dashed 52 yards to give them the game’s first double-digit lead for either team in the seesaw affair. Senior running back […]
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DOE breathes new life into UMaine offshore wind project
PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Department of Energy has cleared the University of Maine’s offshore wind project and two other over-water wind farms to receive up to $40 million more to build a full-scale demonstration projects. The UMaine project leapfrogged over others that were initially selected as finalists for a grant funding round that, with […]
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UMaine Sports Hall of Fame to induct Bob McPhee
ORONO — Sun Journal sports writer Bob McPhee will be inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame this fall. In addition to McPhee, honorees include record-setting quarterback Jake Eaton, All-American baseball player Andy Hartung, three-time all-conference field hockey player Margaret Henrick, multi-event All-New England track-and-field standout Johanna Riley, and two-time All-Yankee Conference […]
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Local students excel at Maine National History Day
ORONO — For the third consecutive year, University of Maine in Orono hosted hundreds of students and teachers from around the state for the Maine National History Day competition April 9. This year’s theme was “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History.” Approximately 340 students from 35 middle and high schools were accompanied by their teachers, friends […]
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Hackers send anti-semitic fliers to UMaine printers
ORONO — The University of Maine is among several universities across the country that has received anti-Semitic fliers sent to their network-connected printers and fax machines. The Portland Press Herald reports UMaine officials posted an alert on the Orono school’s website explaining that the racist fliers were sent to campus printers last week, including two […]
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UMaine system freezes tuition
AUGUSTA — The University of Maine System’s board of trustees has decided to extend a tuition freeze at public universities in the state through the 2016-17 academic year. Next year will be the sixth in a row in which tuition is frozen. Tuition and fees at the system’s flagship campus in Orono are about $10,606 […]
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Gov. Paul LePage offers funds to freeze UMaine tuition
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage says he’ll include about $8 million in additional funding in the budget for the University of Maine System if the board agrees to a tuition freeze. The Portland Press Herald reports that the money would offset the need for a tuition increase and provide funds for specific programs, including early […]
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David Handley, One branch, one berry, one plant at a time
MONMOUTH — David Handley is the state’s strawberry expert, one of the state’s sweet corn experts and likely to be the state’s hops expert — as soon as he bones up on hops. He jokes that he’s still not entirely sure how that crop fell to him. “I’m desperately trying to learn how to be […]
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Hockey roundup: Fighting Spirit demolish Maine Wild
LEWISTON — Three players finished with a goal and assist as the L/A Fighting Spirit defeated the in-state rival Maine Wild 7-0 Saturday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Dylan Vrees, Brett Bittner, Alexander Friend and Casey Labonte all finished with a goal and a helper. The Fighting Spirit jumped out to a 3-0 lead […]