Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Owen’
Orono hosts UMS Academic Summit
By Thomas Owen ORONO, Maine. Politicians, businessmen, regular citizens and students gathered at the University of Maine's Wells Conference center for the first ever "Advancing Maine" summit. The theme of the event was the alignment of the University of Maine System (UMS) to meet future workforce needs. "We are going to be making at the [...]
Pulitzer Prize Winner Visits the University of Maine
Special Report prepared by CMJ 451 Broadcast Journalism Majors April 5, 2010 Click here to watch a video interview with Mark Feeney. Mark Feeney of the Boston Globe visited the University of Maine Orono Campus Thursday, April 1 as the 2010 Alan Miller Fund Visiting Journalist. Feeney won the Pulitzer prize for criticism in 2008 [...]
American political expert Mark Brewer on health care legislation
By Thomas Owen ORONO, Maine. In a sit-down interview Wednesday, Dr. Mark Brewer, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine, took a few moments to give his interpretations and reactions to the recent legislation of health care reform. A graduate of Syracuse University, Dr. Brewer is a professor of a multitude [...]
Local station director Tristan Richards on life in broadcasting
Thomas Owen Bangor, Maine. Just a couple of miles off of exit 184 in Bangor sits a former Air Force building. It is all brick, with a sizable parking lot. Along its sides are satellite towers, and along its brick structure is a sign that reads 'MPBN'. "Welcome to the nut house," says Maine Public Broadcasting director Tristan Richards to [...]
David Clement: profiling one of Orono’s most influential environmental leaders
by Thomas Owen Orono, Maine - Sites in the Orono, Old Town, Veazie and Bangor area have always come to experience a form of land usage shift. The latest example of this is the potential residential use for the lot that used to be home to the Webster Mill along the Penobscot River. Once the EPA grants given to the town are put to use to [...]
Iconic Orono Site Could Be Used Once Again
Thomas Owen January 28, 2010 ORONO- In the spring of 2009, the town of Orono received a grant from the EPA to aid them in cleaning up the site formerly known as the Webster Mill. Once a large producer and employer in the town, the mill has been abandoned for more than 50 years. "Wallpaper was its most famous product," says Scott [...]
Land Conservation Provides Opportunities for Harpswell Family
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 few years ago. The year was 2006, and the land was up for sale. Walter and Helen Norton knew this, and had an idea. For a steep and undisclosed price, they [...]
