Mobile Maine News

by Amy Becker ORONO, Maine. Guests ranging from young college students in jeans and t-shirts, to distinguished professors in their finest attire intermingled and chattered in anticipation of the lecture to come. This short-lived moment was proof tha...

Ryan Spencer covers the University of Maine Woodsmen Team Home Meet.

Mobile Maine News special report on Pulitzer Prize winner, Mark Feeney's presentation to the University of Maine.

Ryan Spencer and Laila Sholtz-Ames provide full coverage of Mark Feeney's speech and an interview held after the event

Laila Sholtz-Ames looks into why dance is so popular, especially among students.

Jamie Dandreta reports on the attempts in Kennebunk, Maine to keep the local high school theatre program still running amidst budget cuts

This video for Pulitzer contest profiles owner and designer Jessie Sader of FX dressed and the boutique STUDIO. Explaining what it is like to be a designer in Orono Maine. Sader explains her views on local sustainability, and how having STUDIO boutique allows her to pass on her passion for creativity, crafts and handmade products to the people of Orono and the surrounding areas.

Robert Scarano Profiles George Kinghorn, director of the University of Maine Art Museum. This an entry for the Pulitzer Center Project Report contest.

A closer look at the hectic life of Cass Mendonca, an international student-athlete at the University of Maine.

This video was created by Sam Danis for the Pulitzer Center's "Project: Report" contest depicting a day in the life of someone who makes a difference in the community.

Jessica Currier February 17, 2010 This up-and-coming weekend, February 19, 20, and 21, the University of Maine's School of Performing Arts is presenting the Broadway play, Hair-The American Tribal Love Rock Musical, directed by Marcia Douglas. ...

Andrew Mooer February 17, 2010 Citizen reporter Andrew Mooer studied broadcasting and speech in the UMO Department of Communication and Journalism from 1975-1979. The videos we use, the blogs we write in marketing real estate now started with ...

Andrew Mooer February 17, 2010 Citizen Reporter Andrew Mooer reports from the slopes of Big Rock in Mars Hill, Maine. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBkD2q13S1w[/youtube]

Jessica Currier February 15, 2010 [caption id="" align="alignright" width="320" caption=" Travis Bouchard, a personal trainer for the University of Maine's Rec Center"][/caption] With sweat dripping down your face, your heart pounding throug...

Nick Acheson February 12, 2010 As the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia draw near, it is important to know a little more about an athlete who has called Maine home his entire life. If you haven’t heard of him yet, you wil...

In “Future of Journalism in Maine” Laila Sholtz-Ames interviews Maine students under the age of twenty-five to hear first hand what they believe the future of journalism will be like. Will youth still be reading newspapers or just using online medias.

Mobile Maine News reporter Spencer Morton asks University of Maine students their opinions on the future of newspapers. Tom Mccord, veteran Bangor Daily News reporter, shares his thoughts on the matter.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7KenS0m0MU[/youtube] The Dunning Farm, also known as Two Coves Farm, is just off Route 123 in the town of Harpswell, Maine. But its status as one of the last remaining farms in the area was in jeopardy just a...

This video is a long-form documentary submission for the BEA 2010 Festival of the Arts Faculty competition. The documentary explores how rural Maine communities are adapting to changes in the media landscape.

Former UMaine Athlete Katie Whittier is named Miss Maine USA

The University of Maine is scheduled to hold yet another swine flu clinic this Thursday for students wishing to receive the H1N1 vaccination. The clinic is open to anyone, but is targeted at young adults and teens that are at the greatest...

The Language and Culture Workshop series offered by the Multilingual and Multicultural Office in Portland has its monthly training seminar scheduled for Oct. 16. The focus this month is motivating students and improving writing through storytelling. Th...

Reporting by Joshua Vile

In today's world there is much talk about "Going Green". Organizations as well as individual people are constantly looking for new ways to lesson the depth of our "Carbon Footprint". Wind power has begun to make its name as an alternative to the common...

Winterport native Gabriel Allen was involved in a serious car-bike accident while vacationing in San Francisco earlier this month. Allen has just recently woken up from the two and a half week coma he has been in and now would like to come back home. ...

The Fryeburg Fair brings in more than 300,000 people every year to the oldest town in Oxford County. Held on 185 acres in the Sacro River valley, the small town hosts the largest agricultural event in the state of Maine. Tourists and locals alike gathe...

There is no question that Maine roads are dangerous. If you are driving in Maine it is usually at a fast speed and on bending roads. Not to mention that residents of Maine get the pleasure of enjoying the bone chilling weather of “Lady winter”, a t...

Posted by The Black Bear Whisperer at 4:12 PM City Manager, Joseph Gray, says the Ocean Gate is one of his great accomplishments in office. A study published in July by the University of Maine indicates cruise lines are no small vessel of...

The quite town of Milford makes big noise when it comes to the new no smoking law in Maine. The town is limited on public areas, but there is the elementary school, a few parks and the Freshie's Mobil gas station but besides that it is filled with rura...

Hundreds of laws passed in Maine on September 12th, including laws that prohibit smoking in public eating areas or within twenty feet of a building, laws that allow the sale of half-gallon containers of alcohol from brewpubs to be taken home, and the v...

In Orono many citizens have varying opinions about Maine’s new distracted driver law. The intention of the law is to make the roads safer and to keep people’s attention on their driving, not on other things. Statistics show that cell phones cau...

AUGUSTA- The Mayor plans to request proposals from developers in the community for what they want to see replace the paper mill once it is fully demolished. Augusta recently took ownership of The American Tissue Mill, an old, closed-down paper mill ...

The H1N1 virus has created a scare across the nation. From large cities to small communities American citizens have never been so worried about a common cold. In the town of Veazie Maine residents are taking the same precautions that others around th...

High schools in Portland are meeting the challenges presented to them by a city with exponentially rising immigration rates. According to research by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), 9.3 percent of the state's total pop...

Brewer, ME - With school back in session and flu season fast approaching, the possibility of an H1N1 outbreak is becoming a larger concern for parents of school age children in the Brewer area. Katie Gould, mother of two sons both in the Brewe...

While Waterville High School students and faculty members only number in the six hundreds, several matters are worth mentioning; they can hold their own in the competitive world of athletics, they are serious about their academics, and they are serious...

Harpswell fishermen reflect on rough financial season It is a bleak and quiet day on the coast of Maine, but the setting is mirrored by many others all throughout the United States. As the countrywide economic struggle continues, it seems that alm...

Orono, Maine is concerned with the H1N1 Virus much like many other communities in the country. The virus could potentially affect this small community much greater than other towns in Maine. Along with its local school system, School Union 87, Orono al...

AUGUSTA-- Despite swine flu predictions, Augusta schools have a healthy mindset so far this fall. There are no reported cases yet of the swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus, in Farrington Elementary School, and according to school nurse Beth Har...

The first week of classes this year at University of Maine in Orono was filled with going over numerous syllabus's and the usual brief of the class. The big topic discussed in each class that was not so usual was the H1N1 virus. Since the spring of ...

The state of Maine has the nickname, "The Pine Tree State." But the heavily forested northeast state is also well-known for its coastlines and more importantly, lobstering. Places such as Bar Harbor and Old Orchard Beach are top tourist spots during the summer and have several restaurants that serve the "good ole fashion" Maine lobster. Communications and Journalism student reporter Adam Clark went out on a lobster boat for a day and documented the day in the life of one of Maine's storied occupations.

University of Maine's Athletic Department recently cut two varsity sports teams, men soccer and women volleyball. Watch to learn more about the current situation.

Reporter for CMJ 451 found out the current climate of sports journalism and what effect the dwindling of newspaper sales has had on the industry.

Mobile Maine News anchor Adam Clark interviews Victoria Blanchett and Amy Freed about the gay marraige debate in Maine.

Anchors Ryan Forrest and Adam Clark check back in with another panel member, David Cox as well as Victoria Blanchett to discuss the Gay Marriage issue and what it means for the state.

Reporter Mike Brusko takes a look at the Pride week with GLBT students at the University of Maine campus.

Reporter Alexander Barthalemeu Leonard III takes a look at Rural Health care in Maine. Alex visits Bar Harbor and talks to local officials about the ongoing issue.