UMaine Extension Offers Open House, Plant Sale, Workshops

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.

May 6, 2015 Cooperative Extension, County

A spring plant sale featuring dozens of traditional perennial varieties, many native to Maine, as well as annuals that attract pollinators, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 16, rain or shine, at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Hancock County Office, 63 Boggy Brook Road, Ellsworth.

The plant sale, sponsored by UMaine Extension Hancock County Master Gardener Volunteers, will run concurrently with Extension’s Open House. There will be free workshops on native plants for the landscape, attracting pollinators with flowering annuals, moss gardening, backyard composting and worm farming. Gardening questions will be fielded at the “Ask a Master Gardener” table. Refreshments will be served.

Funds raised will support 20 Master Gardener Volunteer community projects in Hancock County, including: Kids Can Grow, a children’s gardening program at Maine Coast Heritage Trust in Town Hill; community gardens in Hancock, Seal Cove and Ellsworth that supply thousands of pounds of fresh produce to food pantries; and a public butterfly garden at Charlotte Rhoades Park in Southwest Harbor.

For more information, or to request a disability accommodation, contact 207.667.8212, cehnk@umext.maine.edu. Information also is available online.