This January, I read the novel “Fascism: A Warning” by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. This book is great for identifying fascism while giving an overview and general understanding of ...

The 2024 election season delivered a mix of expected and surprising outcomes. With Donald Trump re-elected as the 47th President of the United States, closely contested congressional races in Maine ...

Kiwibots have taken the University of Maine by storm ever since their arrival in the fall of 2023. You see them rolling around campus at almost all hours of day, delivering food to hungry students.

Despite being a flagship state university, the University of Maine is sorely lacking in the disability accommodations required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Physical access for those ...

Early last Sunday morning on Crosby street in Orono, four University of Maine students, Summer Blaisdell, Charles Carroll, Marcus Paes and Braeden Cunningham violently assaulted a local Orono man in ...

The University of Maine System (UMS) Finance, Facilities and Technology Committee presented a capital plan to execute between Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) and FY29. As the state’s flagship institution, ...

Residents of Machias can all agree, there is a new face to the University of Maine Machias. From repaints of the building interior to paved roads, we’re putting ourselves back on the map and back out ...

The devil has never been represented so well. Cormac McCarthy must have been having lunch dates with Satan himself to craft the character of Judge Holden in “Blood Meridian.” The book’s premise is the ...

On Presidents’ Day around noon, over 200 sign-adorned people gathered in front of the Federal Building in Bangor as part of the No Kings National Day of Protest organized locally by Indivisible Bangor ...

“Today I’m the butcher, tomorrow I might be the cattle.” In this dystopia, people eat people. Grocery stores serve packaged human, and family prayers circle a roasting man on a spit. Nutrition, ...

I grant the challenge that not every citizen is fluent in constitutional law. Some people study ecology, medical biology, mechanics, physics, computers, etc. However, there is something of great ...

Dear UMaine, We extend our sincere condolences to all those affected by last night’s tragedy in Lewiston. Maine is a beautiful state with beautiful people. Maine is a tight-knit community and one big ...