Contact: Amos E. Orcutt, President/CEO, University of Maine Foundation, (207) 581-5100 ORONO — The Louise Pilley Scholarship Fund has been established at the University of Maine Foundation with a bequest from Louise Pilley, long-time resident of Brooks. The income from the fund will be used to provide scholarships to needy and deserving scholars residing in […]
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Contact: Todd Gabe (207) 581-3307; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Associate Professor Todd Gabe of UMaine’s School of Economics recently released a report that looks at the effects of Hollywood Slots on Bangor-area restaurant and lodging sales. The report, which is available by contacting the author, shows a positive and statistically significant relationship […]
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Contact: Gretchen Gfeller, Web and Public Relations Specialist, Raymond H. Fogler Library, 207-581-1696 ORONO – Maine author Miriam Colwell, who turns 90 in July, has spent more than half her life wondering if her fourth novel, “Contentment Cove,” would ever see the light of day. This and other topics will be part of the discussion […]
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Contact: Joshua Parda, 581-3322; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine on Monday received a grant for $6,000 from the Johnson Controls Educational Giving Program to pay a Green Campus Initiative student-employee to more than double the number of buildings to be assessed for improvements in UMaine’s recycling efforts. A student coordinator will […]
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Contact: Richard Kersbergen, 207-342-5971, richardk@umext.maine.edu SIDNEY, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Milk Producers plan a grain production workshop and field day for interested dairy producers on Thursday, August 2 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Those who attend will get a chance to visit farms that have been experimenting […]
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Contact: Sandra Neily, 581-2831; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Adriaan VanHeiningen, professor of chemical and biological engineering, will speak to students working on summer biomass research projects on campus at a public forum July 26, from 4-5 p.m. in the Jenness Hall Soderberg Lecture Theater, on”Potential New Bulk Products in the Forest Biorefinery.” The public […]
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Contact: Rolland Ranson, (207) 581-1077 / (207) 866-5889; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — A thousand athletes, aged 30 to 94, and their families, friends and supporters, soon will arrive at the University of Maine, Orono, for the 2007 USA Track and Field Masters Championships Aug. 2-5. Athletes travel from almost every state in […]
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Contact: Richard Kersbergen, 207-342-5971 GORHAM, Me. — Maine Grass Farmers Network (MGFN), a collaboration of University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), will host its first of a series of Pasture Walks on Thursday July 19 at 5 P.M. at the Noon Family Sheep Farm. The walk will […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 800-287-1471 FAIRFIELD, Me. — The fifth tour in University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s series of Goat Enterprise Farm Tours will take place on Saturday, July 21 from 10 a.m.-12 noon at Sunny Ridge Farm, 660 Chicken Street in Starks. This tour will focus on raising dairy and meat goats. UMaine Extension’s series […]
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Contact: Gleason Gray, 207-942-7396 STILLWATER, ME–University of Maine Cooperative Extension will once again hold its Moon Garden Celebration, a tradition of celebrating the July full moon, on Tuesday, July 24 at Rogers Farm on Bennoch Road in Stillwater. The 6 p.m. event will feature stories, songs and the Moon Garden, a garden with night-blooming plants […]
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