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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010, 2:52 pm in News
Names, SSNs, clinical information of students could be at risk
By Michael Shepherd

University of Maine police are investigating the breach of two UMaine computer servers holding the names, social security numbers, and clinical information of students who attended the university’s Counseling Center from Aug. 8, 2002 to June …


Monday, June 14th, 2010, 1:17 pm in News
By Michael Shepherd

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu visited the University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center to learn about the facility’s work developing technology for floating wind turbines off the Maine coast.
Chu accepted the invitation from …


Wednesday, June 9th, 2010, 1:15 am in News
By Michael Shepherd

Yes votes prevailed in each of the five questions in the June referendum, leading to a people’s veto of a June 2009 tax reform law and the passage of four bond issues.
Question 1, the people’s veto …


Wednesday, June 9th, 2010, 1:07 am in News
By Michael Shepherd

Maine Senate President and attorney Elizabeth Mitchell won the Democratic Party nomination for governor late Tuesday night.
With 79 percent of precincts reporting at approximately 1:20 a.m., Mitchell, of Vassalboro, won 35 percent of the vote, with …


Wednesday, June 9th, 2010, 1:02 am in News
By Michael Shepherd

Waterville Mayor Paul LePage won the Republican Party’s nomination for governor by a convincing margin Tuesday.
LePage, as of 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, was leading 74 percent of precincts with a 37 percent share of the vote in …


Tuesday, June 8th, 2010, 7:21 pm in News
By The Maine Campus

BANGOR — The University of Maine System announced today the members of a search committee tasked with finding the next president of the University of Maine campus.
Eleanor “Ellie” Baker, a member of the University of Maine …


Tuesday, June 8th, 2010, 2:22 am in News
By Michael Shepherd

Question 1:
Do you want to reject the new law that lowers Maine’s income tax and replaces that revenue by making changes to the sales tax?

A yes vote would veto L.D. 1495, a tax reform law passed …