What It’s Like to Have an Emergency Operation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Zion Hodgkin Assistant Editor With the entire state and most of the world on full lockdown, most people know the fear of being forced to leave their house for any reason. Even a quick trip to the grocery store or the gas station can be anxiety-inducing and...
Letter to the Editor: A Student Dancer’s Grief
Dear Editor, I write to you as a member and Co-Captain of the UMF Dance Team. The spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has greatly affected many on our team. Every year, the team works hard to perform at TD Garden on the court of the Boston Celtics. This...
An Airport Screening
Ciera Miller, Contributing Writer On March 15, I flew into the capital of the United States from Paris, France. It was the second day of Coronavirus screenings in the U.S. The plane I was on taxied took an additional 45 minutes in its hanger to allow the airport...
Selling Our Soul to C.M.P.
Madison Lecowitch Contributing Writer It was a Tuesday night in the Lincoln Auditorium, and the room was brimming with people who traveled to Farmington from all over Maine. Police officers stood watch inside and outside of the auditorium, an unusual...
Opinion: Campus Police Email Limits Outreach of Art Installation
Avery Ryan Contributing Writer The familiar ding of an Instagram notification jumped across my phone late on Sunday, March 31. Intrigued, I looked into the profile that had followed me. I wasn’t expecting the incredibly provocative artwork of UnBEARable UMF. My...
DAM Good Eats Presents: The Downtown Press Café
By Eryn Finnegan and Jeremy Austin President and Staff Reporter The latest excursion found our food reviewers once again at a local joint: The Downtown Press Café. Located in downtown Farmington on Marceau Court, in the building where the former Asian cuisine...
DAM Good Eats Presents a Bonus Solo Edition: Sea40
By Jeremy Austin Staff Reporter Over the course of Spring Break the Farmington Flyer Staff Reporter, Jeremy Austin, had the opportunity to dine with some old friends for hibachi at Sea40, a Japanese cuisine restaurant located down in Lewiston. Nestled into the...
Belly of the Beast
By Milo Fitzgerald Contributing Writer As I stood in Lafayette Park in Washington D.C., protest sign in hand and comrades by my side, I couldn’t help but laugh at the White House. That laughter turned from genuine to exasperated as a tour group of kids no older...
Opinion: The Masculine Responsibility in Making Our Campus Safe
By Avery Ryan Contributing Writer In light of recent perspectives of sexual assault on campus, I found myself horrified and at a loss for words. Over the past three and a half years that I spent at UMF, I had seen the school as incredibly safe. I thought that...
Letter to the Editor: A Response to “The Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh”
By Brandon Marx While I may not be a registered Independent, I still do make quite the effort to block out bias and so-called Fake News before formulating an overall opinion on anything political. In a past edition of the Farmington Flyer, an article was...