Bowdoin News

Bolstered by out-of-state money and volunteers, both sides jockeyed Monday to boost turnout for Maine's referendum on same-sex marriage - a contest that could give gay-rights activists in the U.S. their first such victory at the ballot box.

BRUNSWICK a ' Bowdoin College's new book and gift store at Maine Street Station opens Friday, Oct.

Attorney J. Andrew Cashman has joined Preti Flaherty as an associate in the New England law firma TMs Augusta office at 45 Memorial Circle.

BOWDOIN a ' Karen Paraskevakos fought back tears as she answered the phone Tuesday evening.

LEWISTON a ' Bates College earned a high grade for environmental sustainability on campus, according to an annual survey of 332 colleges and universities across the country and in Canada.

BOWDOIN a ' A 25-year-old man died as a result of a motor vehicle crash on Route 125 in Bowdoin on Monday night, according to police.

LISBON a ' Two people were hurt Saturday when the driver of the car they were riding in lost control and rolled over on River Road.

AUGUSTA, Maine a ' More than 100 Bowdoin College students have come forward with flu-like symptoms since the start of the academic year, but the Brunswick college says more than half of them have recovered and are back in classes.

Maine Center For Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Dora Mills said 100 Bowdoin College students are suspected of having the swine flu, and 50 are in isolation.

Summer newspapers in the Kennebunks have been published by all kinds of people: a wet-behind-the-ears son of a Kennebunk farmer, a big city dandy who arrived with much fanfare, but left town under the cover of darkness, and a woman of fortitude who never allowed her gender to be a handicap, to name but a few.

ROCKPORT : Anthony Antolini, music director of Down East Singers, has announced the start of the well-known Midcoast community chorus' 30th season.

AUGUSTA : There has been an escalation of cases of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, in Maine since the opening of school, officials said, and Bowdoin College in Brunswick is experiencing an outbreak of swine flu among its students.

Dr. Dora Mills says Bowdoin College in Brunswick is dealing with a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus, also known as Swine Flu.

It's been four years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Its causes and ramifications, though, extend much farther into both the past and the future.

ELLSWORTH : Karin and Michael Wilkesa Courthouse Gallery Fine Art was recently selected by the Maine Community Foundation to represent the Emily Muir and William Muir Estate.

Bowdoin College is known for having pretty good cafeteria food, but Thursday's special really was red hot.

Bowdoin college is expanding its Zipcar fleet. The Brunswick school is adding a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck to its car-sharing service this fall.

Bowdoin college is expanding its Zipcar fleet. The Brunswick school is adding a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck to its car-sharing service this fall.

NORTHEAST HARBOR : Rita Redfield of Redfield Gallery has invited Sunne Savage to present her exhibit, "Maine Coastal Views," for the second year at her gallery since the Wingspread Gallery burned down last summer, Thursday Aug.

LITCHFIELD : A Boston firefighter and his father were arrested Tuesday, July 28, in the Boston area in connection with an indoor marijuana growing operation based in a two-story garage in Litchfield.