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The Gordon Center Is Poorly Made
This school year marked the completion of Colby’s Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, marking the end of longtime construction and anticipation. The only problem is that the Gordon Center is poorly made. Colby broke ground on the center in the fall of 2021, with ambitious plans for...
University of Maine System to award 6,175 in-demand degrees
The University of Maine System will graduate thousands of career-ready professionals into the Maine workforce at commencement ceremonies across the state this weekend. One week after the Department of Economic […]
Governor Mills vetos bump stock ban
AUGUSTA-- on Monday, Governor Mills announced she vetoed L.D. 2086, An Act to Amend the Law Governing Disposition of Forfeited Firearms which would've banned bump stock like devices. In her veto letter she wrote "LD 2086, as amended, is apparently designed to act as a backstop in the event the...
Maine Legislature to return May 10 to address unresolved bills, vetoes
The Maine Legislature is scheduled to reconvene on May 10 to consider the roughly 200 pieces of legislation that remain in limbo between passage and funding, as well as consider overriding legislation vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills. House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) and Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) announced Wednesday that legislators would return […] The post Maine Legislature to return May 10 to address unresolved bills, vetoes appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
A Farewell from the Co-editors-In-Chief
“I didn’t want to go to Colby. After my visit, I wasn’t going to apply, and after I got in, I was going to choose someplace else. However, looking back on my four years in Waterville, if given the opportunity to go back to the tumultuous spring of 2020, I wouldn’t change a thing. Colby has been a place where I have been able to grow in every sense of the word. I entered as a rambunctious freshman with a desire for delinquency and an indifference to schoolwork. And now, I am leaving a little more responsible, quite a bit more motivated in life, and feeling incredibly knowledgeable.
Old Monmouth fire station moved to become new fire house museum
MONMOUTH (WGME) -- There was heavy equipment and a lot of patience Tuesday in Monmouth as an old fire station got new life. The fire station will now become a new fire house museum. Photojournalist David Hill was there as this monumental task got underway. Next to the new museum...
Shop for ‘Old Souls’ set to open in downtown Waterville
WATERVILLE, Maine (WABI) - “Common Goods for Uncommon Folks” is one of the slogans behind a new store set to open in downtown Waterville in the coming weeks. Inside Old Soul Supply Company you can find everything from imported goods like vintage clothing to fishing gear. Owner, Jessica...
In final episode of lecture series, Colby’s Goldfarb Center addresses problems in the Media
On April 23, Colby College’s Goldfarb Center hosted the last installment of its “In the News” lecture series, which was titled, “Election 2024: is the U.S. Media up to the Task of Covering Domestic Authoritarianism?” Goldfarb Director Alison Beyea and Grace Hillis ‘24 moderated the discussion with special guest Colin Woodard, a writer for the Portland Press Herald and current director of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University.
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