Colby College

Six female coaches at Colby College have filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission alleging they are paid significantly less than their male counterparts. The complaint, filed in March, says the coaches were told male coaches had “higher market value” and that the Waterville school’s men’s athletic teams receive more resources than women’s teams. Colby College and...

For students heading to Colby College in Maine this fall, coronavirus testing is expected to be a routine part of campus life. All students will be required to provide a nasal swab every other day for two weeks, and then twice a week after that. All told, the college says it will provide 85,000 tests, nearly as many as the…

A group of Maine researchers wants to know: could a seaweed diet for cows combat climate change? After three years of prep work, Nichole Price and numerous colleagues at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will be trying to find the answer, thanks to a $3 million grant. Researchers in Australia determined a seaweed species there that reduces the amount...

After three years of prep work, a group of Maine researchers just got a $3 million grant to find out if a seaweed diet for cows could combat climate change.

Thousands have ridden their bicycles in the three-day Trek Across Maine. But only one participant has accomplished the feat on a single wheel.

In Waterville, Maine, what’s not in the bag are the results of a referendum question to ban plastic bags in retailers larger than 10,000 square feet. The fate of the municipal ballot question could soon be in the hands of the state Supreme Court — the first time Maine’s highest court has weighed in on a city referendum question.

A lack of health care hits residents especially hard in Maine, with the oldest population in the country, and so the Democratic challenger in the state’s Second Congressional District is focused on saddling the incumbent with his vote to kill “Obamacare,” following a playbook unfolding across the country. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, New England’s only Republican in the House of Representatives,...

Colby College students are ditching their dorms, and moving to downtown Waterville, Maine. Two hundred students are now living in the new Alfond Main Street Commons, a $25 million dollar project on Main Street.

Colby College says it is rescinding the honorary degree it awarded Bill Cosby in 1992, joining numerous other universities in revoking honors following the comedian’s sexual assault conviction.

The boys volleyball coach at Andover High School has been placed on administrative leave for “coaching practices.”

Andover High School boys volleyball coach E.J. Perry has been placed on administrative leave due to “coaching practices.”

Colby College in Maine is recognizing a slave and longtime janitor by naming the President’s House after him.

Colby College President David Greene announced that the President’s House will now be called the “Osborne House,” to honor Samuel Osborne.

Colby says the goal for “Dare Northward” campaign is $750 million.

Former Vice President Joe Biden insists he is not making another presidential bid in 2020, despite giving a rousing speech to New Hampshire Democrats about restoring dignity to politics and winning back working class voters....
Biden returned to the state on Sunday to honor the nation’s first all-female, all-Democratic congressional delegation at an annual state Democratic Party dinner. He was joined...

Former Vice President Joe Biden is planning to be in Maine next month to deliver Colby College’s commencement address.