Coverage of Whoopie Pie Event

Several news outlets covered Wednesday’s whoopie pie event at Hilltop Dining Commons, during which a 4-foot-tall model of Mount Katahdin — made of around 1,500 whoopie pies — was unveiled to mark the law that makes the whoopie pie Maine’s state treat. University of Maine Foundation President Amos Orcutt, president of the Maine Whoopie Pie Association, was the pushed for passage of the law earlier this year. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Hilltop Dining Service Manager Melissa Lewis and Kathy Kittridge, director of dining services. CBS affiliates WABI (Channel 5) in Bangor and WGME in Portland interviewed Orcutt during the event, which drew students, staff and other onlookers.

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