Eight candidates for Snowe’s seat speak at UMaine student forum
Eight candidates running for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, spoke about key issues in the race at a forum Wednesday night at the University of Maine.
Discussion focused on issues …
Levasseur found dead near Chickenfest site in Howland
HOWLAND — The search for Dean Levasseur came to an end Wednesday morning after a canine team found him dead near a stream a few hundred yards from the site of Chickenfest, the party he disappeared from …
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012, 7:32 pmSearchers slog through woods, find no sign of man gone missing at Chickenfest
HOWLAND — After searching thousands of feet on either side of the logging road that led to the site of this year’s Chickenfest, volunteer crews found no sign of 24-year-old Dean Levasseur, who went missing during the party …
Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 5:06 pmFreeport man, 24, goes missing at Chickenfest in Howland
Police say a Freeport man has been missing since wandering off late Saturday night at this year’s Chickenfest, an annual party hosted by University of Maine students usually in rural Penobscot County.
Trooper Thomas Fiske of the …
ROTC field exercise weekend a camouflaged capstone
PLYMOUTH — Cadet Dale Dunn stood in the darkening field as his squad knelt in a circle around him. His squad members waited for him to give them instructions. Just enough light remained in the sky …
Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 2:57 amOrono firefighter: Level of response to alarms reduced if they come from Patch or DTAV
If a shift’s full crew is at the Orono Fire Department when a fire alarm activation call comes in from a University of Maine dormitory, the policy is to send the engine, the ladder truck and …
Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 2:55 amObstacle challenge honors memory of fallen UM Marine
The Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge kicked off on Saturday with a series of physical drills designed to test the mettle of its participants.
The challenge was created in memoriam of 1st Lt. James Zimmerman, a former University …
Campus Crest says The Grove at Orono still on track to open for fall semester
With the end of the school year fast approaching, University of Maine students have started to turn their eyes toward next semester by deciding what classes to take and with whom and where they are going …
Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 2:51 amHOPE festival highlights campus’ green intents
The 18th annual Help Organize Peace Earthwide Festival was held at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center on Saturday.
The festival took place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with events for all ages. …
Brothers win UM business challenge, $5,000 prize
The University of Maine Business Challenge held its first award ceremony on Saturday at the Wells Conference Center, with a team of brothers taking first place for their business project, Aerial Fly.
First-place winners Luke and Jake …
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