Democrat Emily Ann Cain Age: 28 Hometown: Orono Address: 103 Forest Ave. Education: Ed.M. (higher education), Harvard University, 2004; B.M.E. (vocal music education), University of Maine, 2002; Lawrence High School (N.J.), 1998 Family: Married to the Hon. Daniel B.

By ABIGAIL CURTIS; OF THE NEWS STAFF ORONO -The Craigslist post seems like catnip for college students: $600 a month, great condition, three-bedroom home near UMaine. By the way, utilities are included.

ORONO - Environmental science and the performing arts will come together in a daylong event Saturday at the University of Maine.

ORONO - A University of Maine effort to understand why students tend to struggle through physics classes, and what can be done about it, recently received a $337,214 grant from the National Science Foundation.

By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF ORONO - Dave Thompson paused for a moment after slogging through part of an old logging road flooded by a hardworking beaver family and the summer's seemingly nonstop rain. The precipitation had let up a bit again, if only briefly.