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AUGUSTA – The Maine Judiciary Committee heard more than 11 hours of testimony from ministers, lawyers, students, doctors, gay and lesbian couples as well as dozens of other Maine citizens to discuss two bills.
One of the …
This weekend conflict broke out at Colby College involving three arrests and students accusing police of brutality, with some citing a racial motive.
The incident occurred April 11 when students interfered with medical help for a student. Now the college’s security and local police actions are in question.
The center, which educates 35 kids from ages two-and-a-half to five-and-a-half, will remain open for another year.
“This will require a fee increase,” Hecker wrote. “VP for Finance Janet Waldron has helped us to identify enough funds to keep the center open through next year.”
The fee increase would be a tuition hike for the parents who use the center.
UMaine alumnus Andrew Gerke died this morning from injuries sustained in a car crash, according a hospital spokesperson and university officials.
According to a news release by Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland, Gerke was traveling northbound on the Maine Turnpike in Saco when he lost control of his 1987 Nissan 300 at 5:45 p.m.
Between “All Things Considered” and “Marketplace,” Richard Tozier gets to shine. The senior operations producer of MPBN radio has his hands on lit-up red buttons as he speaks softly into a puffy microphone. He reads from one of his four computer monitors. This is the time to read the underwriters – messages from public radio sponsors.
University of Maine student Brian James died in a snowmobile accident Saturday night according to university officials.
James was from Presque Isle and was in the Air Force reserves.
The third-year public administration student broke his neck, according to Vice President for Student Affairs Robert Dana.
Tuition hikes, layoffs, budget gaps, investment losses and the stimulus package were all discussed in two numeral-filled budget presentations.
The University of Maine’s Vice President for Administration and Finance Janet Waldron and President Robert Kennedy gave two budget meetings detailing where the $8.
The Boston bureau chief at The New York Times came to the University of Maine to speak to journalism students this week as part of the Alan Miller Fund for Excellence in Communication and Journalism.
Abby Goodnough visited eight journalism classes and spoke at a luncheon during her visit on Monday and Tuesday.
Plans are moving rapidly to keep parts of Memorial Union open around the clock.
Student Government President Owen McCarthy proposed a rough plan the first week in February. Now Kenda Scheele, senior associate dean for students, predicts the Union will be open 24-7 before the end of the semester.
There’s a been a lot of talk lately about the fate of newspapers, but one force changing journalism hasn’t been addressed: Our new president.
