Stories about "Maine and New England"
My Maine Summer: Steve Kingston ’88, the Clam Shack, and Maine’s best lobster roll
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:35 pm
For tourists who trek to Maine on a quest for lobster, Steve Kingston '88 of the Clam Shack is their deliverer.
Video: What can you see in the starry Maine sky on a summer night?
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:41 am
This time-lapse video, filmed at the college’s Coastal Center at Shortridge, kicks off with sun barreling toward the western horizon. Then the show begins.
NESCAC Heat Poll for July 20–21: Jumbos flip the script
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 12:32 pm
On the hottest two days of the hottest July on record, which NESCAC college were the toastiest?
Q&A: Laura Sewall on 11 years as Bates–Morse Mountain director
Friday, July 19, 2019 10:30 am
Sewall shares takeaways from the conservation area, including the role of "blue carbon," the toll of climate change, and the value in letting nature take its course.
The Bates Forest is a story of bad luck, high taxes, and the Great Depression
Friday, July 12, 2019 10:12 am
A century ago, Bates' solid plan to own a southern Maine forest and run a forestry program became a "hopeless undertaking."
From the Archives: Tree conk, peace pipe, and football paperweight
Friday, May 3, 2019 11:30 am
From a paperweight inspired by a big Bates win to a peace pipe that raises questions, here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library.
Tales of wayward trustees and lost telegrams from Bates’ founding trustee meeting
Thursday, April 4, 2019 4:38 pm
When you're launching a new college, as Oren Cheney was doing on this day in 1855, you sweat the details, you don’t suffer fools, and you watch your money.
Video: Winter Carnival torch lighting returned today with Maine Gov. Janet Mills
Friday, February 8, 2019 12:26 pm
Earlier today, a 20th-century Bates Outing Club tradition was reignited when newly…
Look What We Found: Joe Hall’s chunk of ash wood
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:06 pm
The ash tree looms large in Wabanaki culture. That’s why Hall, a Bates historian, keeps a hunk of the hardwood in his Pettengill Hall office.
When legal nonprofit needs French language interpreters, Bates students step in
Friday, November 9, 2018 12:50 pm
French and francophone studies majors volunteer to interpret during asylum seekers' meetings with their potential lawyers, in a partnership that has only grown.