After a five-win season, the Black Bears will play in the America East quarterinals at top-seeded Vermont.
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Orono-based tech startup CourseStorm receives $1.2 million investment
The fast-growing company produces class registration software for learning institutions, community programs and other organizations.
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Maine Passamaquoddy basketmaker wins $50,000 artist fellowship
Gabriel Frey, of Orono, joins a growing list of Mainers who have received United States Artists fellowships, including his brother.
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Drive for a national title fires up UMaine Bear huggers
The unprecedented playoff success of the university’s football team has inspired equally unrivaled love from its fans.
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How did professor Stephen Coghlan study the human cost of homesteading?
He relied on a test subject very close to home.
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Black Bears turned tragedy into inspiration on their way to national playoffs
The tragic preseason death of freshman player Darius Minor only cemented his presence on a football team that realized ‘we had something to play for.’
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Former UMaine baseball player charged with raping 6 women in Delaware
Clay Conaway, who left the university in 2016, was arrested in August on 1 count of sexual assault, and since then 5 more women have come forward.
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Gender’s no barrier for WNBA veteran coaching UMaine men’s team
Edniesha Curry, currently the only female assistant coach in NCAA Division I men’s college basketball, is a WNBA veteran and says she’s ‘able to tell the players the daily sacrifices they have to do, both physically and mentally.’
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UMaine system Early College program seeks to fill gaps in Maine’s workforce
The program, which allows high school students to earn up to a year’s worth of college credits, is gaining in popularity.
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New York man arrested in Newport charged with forgery, fraud
Mark Pignatello is involved in a multi-state crime ring that covers Maine and five other Northeastern states, according to the Newport police chief.