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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Biking the trails of Roosevelt Campobello International Park

My wife, Nancy, and I were recently part of a large group of Mainers who spent several days camping at Herring Cove Provincial Park on Campobello Island in New Brunswick. For most of us, sea kayaking the rugged island coastline was our primary focus. However, Roosevelt Campobello International Park offers a variety of biking and […]

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Stories from Maine: When Bowdoin College students revolted against Joshua Chamberlain

On Aug. 29, 1871, just two decades after his matriculation as a student, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain returned to Bowdoin College as its sixth president, and he had many plans to renew and revitalize the liberal arts college. Once seated, Chamberlain’s proposal included admitting women to the all-male institution, creating an engineering school and reforming the […]

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The Maine Idea: University system’s potential can still be realized

  After several years of unrelievedly negative news coverage, the University of Maine System finally has something to celebrate: a solid 5% increase in enrollment system-wide, with some of the seven campuses showing a real turnaround after years of slow decline. It would be premature to say Maine’s public universities are on the mend, but […]