University of Maine News

The University of Maine honored the memory of a long time professor Saturday. Edward "Sandy" Ives worked at the University of Maine for 44 years.

In a close vote, Mainers approved Question One, rejecting the same sex marriage law the legislature passed earlier this year.

Fire fighters battled a house fire in Old Town Friday morning. The call from a two-story apartment building on Main Street came in just before 6 o'clock. It started as a car fire, but the vehicle was parked next to the porch of the home, so flames quickly spread.

In Maine this week, opponents of gay marriage won a narrow victory at the polls.

The news that an Italian court convicted on Wednesday a base chief for the CIA and 22 other Americans for the crime of rendition was evidence that the executive branch of the U.S. government has too much power, activist and author David Swanson told a small group of people Thursday afternoon at the University of Maine.

Who says you need to be on either side of the Charles River to be the home of true innovation? After all Maine has a long history of inventing things you probably thought came from somewhere else.

Postscript "Please, sir, may I have another?" The lesson we learned last night in Maine is pretty simple: if you want to deny the right of gay people to get married, just put it to a popular vote.

WASHINGTON, D.C. : The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has selected Belfast's Bryan Matluk for its fellowship program for the 2009-2010 season as part of the Kennedy Center Institute for Arts Management.

ORONO, Maine a ' An Augusta man was issued a summons for assault early Saturday morning after he punched two University of Maine students on campus.

Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder made a strategic stop at the University of Maine, where he told the audience that the Defense of Marriage Act - which is under attack in the very state he visited - "is discriminatory and should be repealed." America's highest-ranking law enforcer made a stopover in Maine to campaign for same-sex "marriage" ...

Construction on a Percent for Art project at the University of Maine's Dean Paul Cloke Plaza halted Wednesday afternoon when an arch form being filled with concrete failed, felling a second arch being used in the project.

Mills in Maine that produce organic wheat flour will be getting a major boost from U.S. Department of Agriculture.

As part of the Get Out the Vote Campaign students at the University of Maine joined State Representatives Wednesday afternoon, to urge folks to vote no on Question One.

CAMDEN : Maine Literary Festival Presents, a special event set for Saturday, Nov.

The University of Maine says some students will be able to earn credits while studying at sea aboard a 19th Century schooner.

Students at the University of Maine are being strongly urged to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, which has sickened hundreds of young adults at other college campuses around the country and in the state.

Maine: Question 1. Referendum to overturn legalization of same-sex marriages passed by the Legislature.

Courteney Cox plays a divorced woman lusting for a younger man in ABC's "Cougar Town." http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/10/20/17/COUGARS.ART0_GBOS0JDO.1+Demi_Moore.JPG.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg 385 Actor Ashton Kutcher is 15 years younger than his wife, actress Demi Moore.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says former Maine Sen. William Cohen was considered as a possible running mate with President Barack Obama before the 2008 election.

Old Town Fuel and Fiber is celebrating surviving its first year in business despite the volatile pulp market.