UMaine Machias News

DUE TO A SNOWSTORM: THIS FILM HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 6:30 P.M. IN PAC   The University of Maine at Machias Video Class, under the direction of Alan Kryszak, has created a documentary film on opiate addiction prevention, “Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction.” Students interviewed and filmed dozens of local people, including […]

MACHIAS, Maine — The University of Maine at Machias literary journal, The Binnacle, is seeking local submissions, offering three great opportunities for area writers and readers in the coming months. The journal, which typically publishes pieces from around the world, is planning an all-Washington-County edition this spring. Writers are encouraged to send poetry and/or fiction. […]

Think of a mad violinist with roots in Texas country, a background in saxophone, and some training at Berklee College of Music to boot – Rhett Price’s epic stylings of contemporary songs have saved him from the rough days when he slept on park benches and friends’ kitchen floors. Price’s concert will be 8 p.m. […]

Students in the University of Maine at Machias Mammalogy and Animal Physiology classes worked in the field tagging, weighing and inspecting a mother black bear and cubs this week at a remote location. They were invited by Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife bear field crew leader Randy Cross. The hibernating bears werer sedated for the […]

MACHIAS, Maine — The University of Maine at Machias Video Class, under the direction of Alan Kryszak, has created a documentary film on opiate addiction prevention, “Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction.” Students interviewed and filmed dozens of local people, including recovered addicts, therapists, an emergency services doctor, medical responders, Washington County District Attorney, police and […]

University of Maine at Machias professor Bernard Vinzani recently collaborated with paper artist Emma Sovich on work published in the Hand Papermaking, Inc’s 30th anniversary’s 12th Portfolio titled Intergenerationality. Vinzani is a professor at the University of Maine at Machias and has a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Indiana State University. He has […]

The University of Maine System and the Downeast Institute (DEI), home to the Marine Science Field Station of the University of Maine at Machias, have secured $5 million in investments from state and foundation partners to build and equip the nation’s easternmost, fully-equipped marine research laboratory and education facility in Washington County. The project will […]