Hallowell man prepares to ride his 40th Trek Across Maine

Scott Cowger, a member of the organization’s Maine Leadership Board, has participated in the trek since 1985. The friendships he made and fun he had kept him coming back for years, he said.

The presidents of Bates College

Garry Jenkins formally installed as 9th president of Bates College

'A joyful day' for college as it recognizes its first Black and gay leader.

College graduations begin in Maine even as protests disrupt ceremonies around the U.S.

Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.

Pop-up film showings around Bates Campus spotlight the power of Indigenous cinema

Bates College agrees to pay former coach’s children sickened by mold in college-owned house

The settlement between the Lewiston college and former head football coach Malik Hall says nothing about a variety of racial claims.

Vegan Kitchen: Nationally known food justice advocate and vegan chef to speak at Bates

Bryant Terry will give keynote address at the college's food justice forum on Martin Luther King Day.

Bates students emerge from lockdown seeking ways to help

‘We could just hear sirens’: Bates students mourn with their neighbors

A night of panic turned into 2 days of uncertainty as students sheltered in place on campus.

Former ‘Janes’ social justice advocates to talk at Lewiston screening of HBO documentary

The early work of the two lifelong civil rights workers 50 years ago is shown in the Emmy-winning documentary.