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Eastern Maine Community College has a new president

by Christopher Burns January 23, 2026January 23, 2026

Julius Edwards comes to Bangor from Ivy Tech Community College, which boasts more than 168,000 students across 19 campuses.

Eastern Maine Community College awarded $247,500 to build early childhood cultural nature trail in Katahdin region

by BDN Community December 9, 2025December 9, 2025

Former Eastern Maine Community College president dies weeks after retirement

by Kasey Turman September 23, 2025September 23, 2025

You can get free help to protect your catalytic converter at this Bangor event

by Christopher Burns April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

EMCC graduates 429 students in Bangor commencement

by BDN staff reports May 12, 2024May 13, 2024

There are 19,477 students enrolled in Maine’s seven community colleges, surpassing the record of 17,911 set in 2011.

News

Enrollment up 16 percent at Maine community colleges

by Christopher Burns October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

"In just 20 years, Maine’s community colleges have grown into the powerhouse its backers imagined."

Opinion Contributor

Maine’s community colleges are engines of growth and opportunity

by Opinion Contributor September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

College students are helping small Maine schools fill teacher shortages

by Valerie Royzman September 13, 2023September 13, 2023

Under the new spending deal, Maine students in the classes of 2024 and 2025 will get two years of free community college.

Maine extends free community college to more students

by Robbie Feinberg, Maine Public July 12, 2023July 12, 2023

News

Maine community colleges are seeing a big increase in applications

by Robbie Feinberg, Maine Public August 2, 2022August 2, 2022

Maine community colleges to offer free tuition for pandemic-affected students

by CBS 13 April 22, 2022April 22, 2022

News

Maine Community College System drops its mask mandate

by Christopher Burns March 10, 2022March 10, 2022

Enrollment in Maine’s community colleges is down 6 percent this fall

by Robbie Feinberg, Maine Public October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Maine starts $60M workforce push to reverse stark economic trends

by Lori Valigra October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

Bangor community college president will step down later this month

by Lia Russell October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

Bangor, Education, News

With $3.6M, Maine’s community colleges train 180 for free to work in high-demand fields

by Eesha Pendharkar February 16, 2020February 16, 2020

Education, News, State

Maine’s community colleges see enrollment grow for the first time in 5 years

by Eesha Pendharkar October 31, 2019

Bangor, News, Police Beat

Community college’s public safety director charged with drunken driving

by Judy HarrisonJuly 11, 2019May 26, 2020

Community college offers people recovering from addiction a path to education

by Eesha Pendharkar January 26, 2019December 7, 2023

Bangor, Food, Living, Uncategorized

Video of Eastern Maine Community College Chef Challenge

by Aimee Thibodeau March 22, 2013December 7, 2023