Stories about "Maine and New England"
Meet the Translations 2011 poets

Friday, October 7, 2011 2:19 pm

This year's Translations international poetry festival celebrates cross-cultural communication with visiting poets from the Americas, Europe and Japan. The festival begins at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, with a welcome, readings and a reception in Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave. Readings continue in Chase at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 29, and at 7:30 Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27-28. For more information, please contact 207-786-8293 or gdumais@bates.edu.

Civic Forums examine Androscoggin River, social entrepreneurship

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:04 am

The Civic Forum Series at Bates offers presentations about the Androscoggin River and about social entrepreneurship during October. Bowdoin College faculty members Michael Kolster and Matthew Klingle explore the Androscoggin River. The following week, a co-founder of the fair-trade coffee importer Equal Exchange is among four of the nation's leading social entrepreneurs who discuss their work.

Video: Maine river restoration documentary features environmental economist Lynne Lewis

Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:19 pm

Professor of Economics Lynne Lewis’ collaborative work on Maine river rehabilitation is…

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At Orientation, a get-out-the-vote effort

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 1:44 pm

Most of the registration tables on Saturday morning of Orientation focused on…

Getting ready: Christine Schwartz and Dining Services

Thursday, September 1, 2011 11:12 am

For Bates Dining Services, summer’s a time for experimentation, with the results…

Video: Looking back, Ben McCall '11 reflects on the Maine connection

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:31 pm

Each Commencement season, we offer brief videos of Bates seniors reflecting on…

The Burlington Free Press profiles artists and cheesemakers Sessions '99 and Bernhardt '99

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 11:11 am

Burlington Free Press correspondent Melissa Pasanen profiles Hannah Sessions ’99 and Greg…

The Boston Globe previews two Nordic races where Freeman '98 is defending champ

Friday, March 4, 2011 1:24 pm

In its preview of two major Nordic races in New England, The…

Good Eggs

Friday, February 11, 2011 9:45 am

Here in Maine, the national egg-salmonella scare didn’t surprise social-justice Batesies.

Standiford '97 leads defense of embattled Maine family program

Friday, January 28, 2011 1:35 pm

Maine news outlets highlighted the leadership of women’s advocate Sarah Standiford ’97…

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