The University of Maine System is selling a midcoast educational center that has been devoid of degree-seeking students since 2020. With this sale, the system is continuing to reduce its physical footprint as students shift to online courses amid a system-wide enrollment decline. At a Monday meeting in Orono, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to allow UMaine to sell the Frederick Hutchinson Center in Belfast, a building previously used for classes that served a mix of undergraduate and non-traditional students who worked for employers in the area, such as Bank of America.
