Stories about "Maine and New England"
Bates Choir to perform Britten's Ceremony of Carols

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:00 pm

Directed by John Corrie, the Bates College Choir performs Benjamin Britten's popular Ceremony of Carols in concert.

Sediment at Seawall Beach

Saturday, November 1, 2008 4:07 pm

At the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area in September, Emily Chandler '09 of North Yarmouth, Maine (above), with Dana Oster ’09 of Mercer Island, Wash., and Professor of Geology Mike Retelle, surveys Seawall Beach to monitor the transport and erosion of beach sediment.

Dual Demmitts

Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:53 pm

Louisa Demmitt '09 and younger brother Daniel of Columbia, Md., saw a lot of each other during the fall, even though he's not a Bates student. After graduating from high school, Daniel cobbled together a gap year that began in Maine at the Androscoggin Apple Co., a family-owned organic operation in Greene. He plans to continue his farm work in the South over the winter.

Alumnus and Bates Contemplates Food

Saturday, November 1, 2008 1:51 pm

The cover of the Fall 2008 Bates Magazine shows Nicolas Lindholm '86 displaying tomatoes grown on his family-operated organic farm, Hackmatack Farm, in Penobscot, Maine.

Video: Cruising with the 'Croo'

Saturday, November 1, 2008 12:00 pm

Over the pre-meal din and at the top of their lungs, the staff cries, "Dinner!" All becomes quiet, and the first course of the evening meal at Greenleaf hut, 4,200 feet above sea level in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, is served.

Bates to screen student-made documentaries on local food production

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:00 am

Bates will screen For the Love of Small Scale and Fowl Play, documentaries made by Bates students about Maine food producers.

UChicago professor celebrates Darwin at Bates

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:00 pm

"What advice would you give to Maine students interested in science?"

Senate ads misplace blame for fiscal crisis

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 12:00 pm

The Portland Press Herald interviewed David Aschauer, the College's Elmer Campbell Professor of Economics, to gauge the accuracy of political advertisements being rolled out during Maine's U.S. Senate race between Rep. Tom Allen, a Democrat, and Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent.

NBC affiliate reports on $2.5 million gift for local, natural, organic foods

Friday, September 12, 2008 12:00 pm

Bates' purchase of local food is helping Maine farmers and food providers.

Phelps' agent makes home in Maine

Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:00 pm

"This changes everything." That's how Peter Carlisle '91, agent to the hottest athlete on the planet, summed up the likely effect of Michael Phelps' historic Olympics performance -- not only for Phelps, but perhaps for the Olympics themselves.

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