BANGOR (AP) — University of Maine System trustees are ready to vote on a proposed operating budget. Trustees will discuss a proposal to freeze in-state tuition for a third consecutive year. If approved Monday, it would be the first time that’s happened since the 1990s. All told, the proposed unified operating budget would total $529 […]
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UMaine hires Walsh as men’s basketball coach
ORONO (AP) — Maine hired a winning basketball coach from a Division III college, hoping he can bring the same success to the Division I Black Bears. Bob Walsh is a winner with a recruiting experience in New England and resume that includes Division I experience, including a stint as assistant coach at Providence College, […]
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UMaine trustees approve budget that delays $13.3 million in cuts
BANGOR — Eight members of the University of Maine System trustees’ financial committee unanimously approved a proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 on Monday, even though the plan falls far short of resolving a $36 million shortfall. The proposal accounts for only $22.7 million of the budget shortfall that the seven campuses have been working […]
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UMaine System budget proposes 157 job cuts, takes $11.4 M from reserves
BANGOR — The University of Maine System will cut 157 positions across its seven campuses and central office and dip deep into its rainy day fund if a budget plan it released Tuesday is passed by the system’s board of trustees next month. The proposed budget features eight fewer positions lost than what system Chancellor […]
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Democrats running for Congress square off in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Democrats vying to be their party’s candidate in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District discussed a range of issues Thursday during a forum at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College. State Sens. Emily Cain, D-Orono, and Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, seemed to agree more than […]
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UMaine fires Woodward as basketball coach
ORONO — There was another departure from the University of Maine men’s basketball program on Monday. This time, on the heels of a dismal 6-23 season and in the wake of three high-profile players requesting a transfer in the last three weeks, it was head coach Ted Woodward. UMaine President Paul Ferguson announced Monday that […]
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UMaine relying more on lower-paid professors as budget shrinks
ORONO — Jason Canniff teaches 4½ college courses at the University of Maine: two freshman composition classes, one upper-level persuasive writing class and two courses in the honors college, one of which he co-teaches. Typically he works 60 hours a week instructing, grading papers and preparing lessons. This week he has set up individual conferences […]
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H.S. girls’ hockey: Edward Little/Leavitt’s Taylor Landry to play hockey for the University of Maine
AUBURN — After proving herself at the high school level over the past four hockey seasons, Taylor Landry wants to do the same in college. The Edward Little senior has committed to play hockey at the University of Maine next season, and is excited about the opportunity to see what she can do playing in […]
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UMaine faculty avoids layoffs, saddened by budget cuts
BANGOR — When Richard Blanke joined the history department at the University of Maine in 1969, he was one of eight European history professors, he said. After he retires at the end of this semester, he will be leaving the history program with less than half that number. “This is very sad,” Blanke said. “I […]
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UMaine to cut 61 positions, dip into savings to address $9.7 million shortfall
ORONO — The University of Maine will eliminate 61 positions and use $5.3 million of its savings to account for a $9.7 million shortfall in next year’s budget, university officials announced Friday. The cost reduction plan on the Orono campus calls for eliminating 30 faculty positions — all of which are either currently vacant or […]