UMaine News

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 BELFAST, Me. –The University of Maine Hutchinson Center Expansion Committee has announced that the center’s New Media facility will be named the Moss Inc. New Media Center, in recognition of a generous gift from that company. “We are pleased to participate in the expansion of the Hutchinson Center. It […]

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205 ORONO, Me.–University of Maine Cooperative Extension and NBC television affiliates WCSH6 in Portland and WLBZ2 in Bangor will present weekly segments on growing vegetables. Scheduled during 5 p.m. newscasts throughout the growing season, the segments will cover garden planning, planting, season extension, container and raised-bed gardening, intensive gardening, soil improvement, composting, […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Commonly known as midge flies, chironomids begin their lives as larvae in lake sediment. It’s cozy down there — a nice place to build a home, or a tube as the case may be. As they grow, they shed their skin four times, then pupate. All at […]

Contact: Dianne Jackson, 581-2401 ORONO — Diane Jackson, clinical instructor in special education in the UMaine College of Education and Human Development, recently received the Sylvester Service Award from the Learning Disabilities Association of Maine. The award is given to those who are dedicated to providing service to individuals with learning disabilities and attention disorders. […]

Contact: Bob Potts at (207) 581-2586 Orono, ME — The University of Maine Alumni Association and the UMaine Division of Lifelong Learning will team up to to present a graduate level course, Maine Politics and Public Policy, in conjunction with the 2008 UMaine Alumni Reunion Weekend. The opening lecture is set for Friday, May 30 […]

Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100 ORONO — Gardening with raised beds — a good way to grow healthy vegetables in areas with poor soil — is the topic of a brown bag lunch and lecture at the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum June 11. Featuring Donna Coffin, Extension educator with the University of Maine Cooperative […]

Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100 ORONO — Antique textile care and preservation is the topic of a May 30 brown bag lunch lecture at the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum. Susan Smith, registrar of the Page Farm and Home Museum and the Hudson Museum will talk about antique textiles and how age, environmental conditions and […]

Contact: Caragh Fitzgerald, 622-7546 or (800) 287-1481 MONMOUTH — A hands-on biodiesel processing workshop is set for Thursday, June 12 from 9:45 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the University of Maine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth. The cost is $6 and advance registration is required. To register, call University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Kennebec County office […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Consumer Testing Center is recruiting volunteers over the age of 18 who consume fresh tomatoes. The information will assist tomato growers evaluate consumer acceptability of fresh tomato varieties. Volunteers will be asked demographic and purchasing questions. They will be asked to evaluate fresh […]

Contact: Richard Kersbergen, 207-342-5971, richardk@umext.maine.edu ORONO–The Maine Grass Farmers Network, with support form the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, has organized a series of pasture walks designed to help new and experienced farmers learn about profitable grazing in Maine. The first pasture walk […]