Archive for November 4th, 2009

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009, 5:22 pm in News

Turnout estimated at 60 percent

By The Maine Campus

Turnout in Tuesday’s election blew away even the most liberal of estimates. Preliminary results showed more than 567,000 voters participated in the election — less than 200,000 fewer than in last year’s presidential election.
Secretary of …

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009, 12:50 am in News

Voters veto gay marriage

By William P. Davis

PORTLAND — Voters vetoed Maine’s same-sex marriage law Tuesday, dealing a blow to those hoping to affirm gay marriage by popular vote for the first time.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Yes on 1 had 52.81 …

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Dean Levasseur, 24, has been missing since late Saturday night. He was last seen at Chickenfest, a party hosted each spring in rural Penobscot County by University of Maine students.

Freeport man, 24, goes missing at Chickenfest in Howland

University of Maine students work with elementary students in a teambuilding exercise at the Old Town YMCA. The " human knot exercise” took place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and helped promote cooperation.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrated in Old Town

John White (left) and Rick Eason head toward the University Flying Club's Cessna 172 for White's first foray in a cockpit.

Students take to the skies with UM flying club

David Slagger (center) waits to sign his name to make his appointment official as Gov. Paul LePage signs his own name. Slagger's wife, Priscilla (from left), tribal chief Brenda Commander and Wayne Mitchell, Penobscot Nation representative, also attended the swearing-in ceremony at the State House on Jan. 4.

Doctoral student appointed to first Maliseet tribal representative seat

Ali Alsultan, a native of Saudi Arabia, and Lingxuan Do, a native of China, participate in the Conversation Partner Program, which pairs them with an English volunteer to help the students learn English.

Learning about America the fun way

Junior defender Mike Cornell and the University of Maine men's hockey team managed to get back an early goal at Fenway Park in Boston against the University of New Hampshire. The rivals headed into the second period tied 1-1.

UMaine takes down UNH 5-4 at Fenway Park in overtime thriller