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Monday, September 21st, 2009, 12:42 am in Opinion

Op-Ed: ‘Cash for clunkers’ program a miss for this Mainer

By Brian Curry

I got a car for 500 bucks, and I’m stoked. Of course, it is a 2001 Kia Rio, which by definition puts me at least 10 notches down on the hipness ladder. After driving a Jeep …

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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

Blueberry, a type of marijuana that grows with a blue hue and fruity smell, is one of the more noticeable plants in Burke’s grow rooms.

North of Orono, a home medical pot operation thrives