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Monday, December 5th, 2011, 12:08 am in News
By Robert Stigile

Those who tune in to WMEB tonight will hear a new pair of voices filling the airspace that recently has been monopolized by back-to-back hours of RoboDJ’s top hits.
University of Maine students Bourcard “Bhuki” Nesin and …


Thursday, December 1st, 2011, 2:28 am in News
By Robert Stigile

BANGOR — As the doors slid open at midnight Nov. 25, allowing the centipede of waiting shoppers to begin slowly slithering into the Best Buy store in Bangor, Heath Commeau stood next to his truck, Kool …


Sunday, November 20th, 2011, 11:06 pm in News
Students travel south of the border to teach English to youth of Morelia, where tourism dominates economy
By Robert Stigile

With a population nearly as white as the snow set to blanket the state in the coming months, it may be difficult to draw a parallel between Maine and the colorfully vivid land of Mexico.
That is, …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:47 am in News
By Robert Stigile

Rushing between classes in the course of the daily grind on the University of Maine campus, it is easy to become distracted by the Stevens Hall cupola or the hundred-year-old brick walls, forgetting the world that …


Monday, November 14th, 2011, 12:22 am in News
By Robert Stigile

With unseasonable weather marking the past few weeks, such as last month’s snowstorm that cut power to more than 100,000 Mainers followed by a week of 50-degree days, the fall harvest season that culminates on Thanksgiving …


Thursday, November 10th, 2011, 1:00 am in News
UMaine virtual reality lab creates something from nothing
By Robert Stigile

Imagine you are in a Boston hotel room on the 20th floor when all of a sudden an explosion rocks the building, shattering glass and activating alarms of various kinds throughout the neighborhood.
This emergency scenario presents …


Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011, 10:43 pm in News
How are people getting ready for another winter wonderland?
By Robert Stigile

The snowstorm that dumped up to 20 inches of the white stuff in some places and broke records throughout the state marked the first significant weather event this winter, signalling Mainers to begin the annual process …


Sunday, October 30th, 2011, 11:59 pm in News
By Robert Stigile

A shouting match involving Charlie Brown.
An unseasonable snowstorm blowing through a shattered rear window.
A horde of strangely dressed people, each shoving through the crowd in hopes of grabbing a seat on what may be the last …


Thursday, October 27th, 2011, 1:24 am in News
Despite country's continuing economic woes, Americans are set to spend more this Halloween than in the previous 9 years
By Robert Stigile

One thing can be said for certain about American consumers: they sure do love to spend money on Halloween.
Despite economic troubles at home and abroad, the nation’s largest retail association estimates the average consumer will spend …


Monday, October 24th, 2011, 12:48 am in News
By Robert Stigile

PROSPECT — Wearing a baseball cap low over his eyes so his pupils barely poke out to pierce the audience, it is easy to believe Leon Seymour when he says Halloween has always been his favorite …