ORONO (AP) — A University of Maine professor who was accused of sexual harassment has been cleared. The Bangor Daily News reports that English professor Robert “Tony” Brinkley was granted access to campus last month after officials concluded an investigation. Brinkley was placed on leave on Jan. 2. University officials determined Brinkley didn’t violate the […]
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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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Charles Allan Trumbull
LEWISTON — Charles Allan Trumbull, 79, a lifelong resident of Fryeburg, passed away Tuesday, June 5, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after a short illness with his family by his side. Allan, as almost everyone knew him by, was born Aug. 25, 1938, a son of Charles F. and Mary (Sanborn) Trumbull. He graduated […]
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UMaine System trustees approve second tuition hike in two years
The cost of attending the University of Maine System campuses will increase by an average of $466 a year next fall under a tuition and fees increase approved Monday by the system’s board of trustees. It’s the second increase in two years after a six-year tuition freeze. Several trustees said the long stretch of flat […]
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Veteran of academia hired to lead new UMaine graduate school of business
A senior dean from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, has been selected to lead the University of Maine’s new graduate school of business. J. Michael Weber, a senior associate dean and professor of marketing at Mercer, has been named dean of the new Graduate School of Business, effective July 1, according to a release from […]
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On Football: UMaine pumped about offensive potential
Maine’s quarterback Chris Ferguson passes over defenders during the Black Bears’ spring football scrimmage in Orono on Friday. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) ORONO — Who’s going to run the ball? Who’s going to catch the ball? Who’s going to block for them? These were some of the questions Joe Harasymiak faced when the University […]
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A-L Hall of Fame: Hood seized opportunities playing and coaching
Jim Hood played football for the University of Maine from 1974-77. LEWISTON — William “Jim” Hood Jr. was always ready to compete, at the first invitation, really. Hood learned he had to be prepared for whatever opportunities came his way growing up in a Shank Street neighborhood that brought out the competitor in a number […]
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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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College rowing: 'Speed runs deep' — Bobcats dominate Bates Invitational
GREENE — The Bates College rowing program’s depth was on display Sunday at the Bates Invitational on the Androscoggin River. The Bobcats won all seven 2,000-meter races of the regatta, which included Bates, Middlebury College, the University of New Hampshire, and, for the three varsity four races, the University of Maine at Orono. “It was […]