UMaine Extension Experts Participating in Event with Commerce Undersecretary

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

July 23, 2012 Cooperative Extension

Two University of Maine Cooperative Extension experts will represent UMaine Extension at a public meeting Thursday in Alfred, Maine, with Kevin Concannon, U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services.

UMaine Extension educators Frank Wertheim and Barbara Murphy will attend the meeting, which is sponsored by Partners for a Hunger-Free York County, a local coalition of people and organizations in York County, working to identify needs, mobilize resources, and create innovative, sustainable solutions to ending hunger in the county. The coalition brings together farmers, gardeners, educators, nutritionists, food pantries and non-profit organizations including UMaine Extension.

The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the dining commons of York County Shelter Programs, located at 3 George Street.

Concannon, who is originally from Portland, has served during the last 25 years as director of state health and human services departments in Maine, Oregon and Iowa.

For more information contact Kristine Jenkins of Partners for a Hunger-Free York County at (207) 985-3359, ext. 217.

Contact: Kristine Jenkins, (207) 985-3359, ext. 217; Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777