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UMaine will become one of the few colleges with a 300-meter track In its master plan to upgrade athletic facilities, UMaine opted to discard its outdoor 400-meter track in favor of a shorter indoor track. Share The University of Maine plans for a indoor “Speed Dome” that will include an artificial turf football field and a six-lane, 300-meter track. University of Maine rendering Despite the absence of an outdoor track in the University of Maine’s $110 million master plan for upgrading facilities, university officials say the future of the men’s and women’s track program is secure...

'The whole thing was like so unreal': Former President Obama surprises writing students on Zoom Share Updated: 11:22 AM EST Feb 19, 2021 WMTW News 8 Share Updated: 11:22 AM EST Feb 19, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WMTW NEWS 8'S ALICE KEEFE TALKED WITH SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS... AND HAS OUR STORY. BACK IN DECEMBER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SENT A COPY OF HIS NEW MEMOIR, A PROMISED LAND, TO THE 26 MAINE HIGH SCHOOLERS WHO MAKE UP THE YOUNG WRITERS AND LEADERS PROGRAM... AND FOLLOWED UP WITH A LETTER. 1:01-1:17 YOU CAN SPARE SOME TIME FROM YOUR B...

Read Article Members of the Portland/Deering girls’ hockey team run drills at Troubh Ice Arena in Portland on Dec. 10. By late December, Cumberland County had been designated “yellow,” forcing high school teams halt all in-person activities. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer The Maine Principals’ Association on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to schools located in “yellow” counties to begin practicing immediately with games to follow, making the decision a local matter and prompting celebration – and even some tears – among high school athletes and coaches. “Oh my Go...

Findview Farm’s Jack Gordon, dies at 73, ‘never gave up’ The longtime dairy farmer died Dec. 13 at age 73. Courtesy / Jenn Grant GORHAM — Retired dairy farmer Jack Gordon died Sunday, Dec. 13, at age 73 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Gordon had battled emphysema, according to a daughter, Jenn Grant, but “he never gave up.” “He fought the illness to the end,” she said. He and his wife, Carol, had four daughters. Gordon’s passion was working at his Findview Farm on Mighty Street. The farm has been in his family for a century and he worked the land as had tw...