Maine DEP: Smaller Juniper Ridge expansion than proposed would benefit public
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has said the public would benefit from an expansion at an Old Town landfill, but not one nearly as large as it applied for, stipulating periodic audits of the landfill.
In …
Maine’s job outlook grim for 2012 class, economists warn
The jobs outlook for many of Maine’s 2012 college graduates has only slightly improved since last year, and hiring prospects remain grim for those who wish to stay within the state, despite modest economic growth and …
Monday, January 30th, 2012, 1:51 amNight shift: Making bagels at a Bangor cafe
BANGOR — Dough is in both mixers when I make it to the kitchen of Bagel Central at 4 p.m. on Sunday. A teenage boy is getting ready to clean the café floor. I knock on …
Monday, January 30th, 2012, 1:38 amTrustees schedule demolition of 10 duplexes in University Park; renters told their leases will not be renewable
Eleven families at the University of Maine’s University Park learned last week they’ll need new apartments come July.
“It was such a shock,” said Devin Reilly, current three-bedroom tenant at University Park.
On Jan. 23, the University of …
Photos: Drink specials highlight class spirit, generosity
Members of the University of Maine’s class of 2012 gathered at Woodman’s Bar and Grill on Thursday night.
The event took place to help support the class as well as future generations with the implementation of a …
University of Maine at Farmington second system campus to implement tobacco ban
The University of Maine at Farmington’s smoking ban, similar to the University of Maine’s, officially took effect on Jan. 1.
The ban, which resulted from work done by the UMF Tobacco Task Force, is currently going through …
Need for interdisciplinary research, programs stressed at Blue Sky Project meeting
The need for more interdisciplinary collaboration throughout the University of Maine was stressed at an installment in the Interdisciplinary Research Initiative discussion series on Thursday in Stodder Hall.
Linda Silka, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Public …
Scardina named editor in chief for 2012-13 year
Sports Editor Jesse Scardina has been selected to be The Maine Campus’ editor in chief for the 2012-13 school year.
Scardina, a third-year journalism student at the University of Maine, will replace Michael Shepherd, a journalism and …
Police Beat for Jan. 30, 2012
Dim giveaway
A University of Maine Police Department officer on patrol at 1:52 a.m. Jan. 27 saw a dark Kia Amanti traveling south on Rangeley Road without lights over the license plate. The driver, Mohammed Alherz, 33, …
Video: Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul visits Bangor
BANGOR — The crowd jammed into the Union Street Church in Bangor, known locally as the Brick Church, quieted when Paul Madore, Maine chairman for Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul’s presidential campaign, stepped up to the …
