Media Coverage of Batting Pavilion Dedication
Many news organizations, including the Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News, covered Tuesday’s dedication of the privately funded Paul J. Mitchell Batting Pavilion at the University of Maine. Mitchell, brother of former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, who offered congratulatory remarks, was a member of the UMaine baseball team from 1946-1948 and serves on the University of Maine System board of trustees. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, former Maine Gov. John Baldacci, UMaine President Paul Ferguson and several long-time UMaine athletics benefactors were among those in attendance. Paul Mitchell’s family members undertook the campaign to add the new indoor batting pavilion for UMaine baseball and softball players. Channels 2 (WLBZ), 5 (WABI) and 7 (WVII) also provided coverage of the event.
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