Steve Collins

Mar 7, 2025 | pressherald.com | Steve Collins

LEWISTON — Bates College is worried that its $447 million endowment just doesn’t cut it. “Academically, we are ranked among the top 20 liberal arts colleges in the country. But financially, we’re barely top 50. That is not sustainable,” Garry Jenkins, the college president, said in a prepared statement on the college’s website. “We need to better position ourselves financially by growing our endowment,” Jenkins said.

Mar 7, 2025 | sunjournal.com | Steve Collins

LEWISTON — Bates College is worried that its $447 million endowment just doesn’t cut it. “Academically, we are ranked among the top 20 liberal arts colleges in the country. But financially, we’re barely top 50. That is not sustainable,” Garry Jenkins, the college president, said in a prepared statement on the college’s website. “We need to better position ourselves financially by growing our endowment,” Jenkins said.

Mar 6, 2025 | pressherald.com | Steve Collins

AUBURN — Maine lawmakers are under growing pressure to yank up the state-owned railroad tracks between Auburn and Portland and create a 26-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail that would cost as much as $36 million. The proposal is being met with mixed reviews. “I love to run, bike and walk and would love to have more safe places to do so, away from motor vehicles,” Aitana Blevins of Auburn said.

Mar 6, 2025 | centralmaine.com | Steve Collins

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Mar 5, 2025 | sunjournal.com | Steve Collins

Instead of lurking on the edge of the unseen, coyotes are taking the stage as Maine’s Legislature ponders whether to dial back the year-round gunfire that takes a steady toll on the rarely-appreciated predator. The Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife this week heard from fans and foes who debated a bill that would end a policy that sets no daytime limits on shooting coyotes and replace it with a new coyote hunting season between Oct. 1 and March 31.