Griffin Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist and manager of Extension’s tick lab, spoke with News Center Maine about deer tick activity in the fall. According to Dill, deer ticks are plentiful again as the nymphs reach the adult stage. The report noted that UMaine’s tick lab will identify ticks free […]
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The Press Herald cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension course about proper storage of root-cellar vegetables in a column about preserving the harvest over the winter.
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and VillageSoup promoted a new art exhibit at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The exhibit, on display at the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery, explores the processing of COVID-19 and grief through art. More information about the gallery and this exhibit are online.
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The Press Herald published an op-ed by Richard Wahle and Robert Steneck, professors in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, advocating for collaboration with Canada, scientists, fishermen and the public to save the right whale and other species threatened by climate change.
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The Bangor Daily News promoted a community workshop demonstrating construction of low-cost window inserts from Sept. 30–Oct. 4 at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. The workshop, a collaboration with the non-profit Window Dressers and the Penobscot Nation Housing Department, is part of the Addressing Energy Justice Through Community […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported that a team of four 4-H participants from Maine won several blue ribbons at the Eastern States Exposition Sept. 17–18 in Springfield, Massachusetts in the dairy quiz bowl and dairy cooking competitions. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension leads 4-H youth development programs across Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News cited a report of overdose deaths in Maine compiled by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine research professor and forensic anthropologist, in a story about Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach Naloxone and Safety (OPTIONS), a statewide drug outreach program. This initiative assigns liaisons to provide direct personal outreach to those who […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) spoke with Jim McConnon, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor, about increases in the 2021 consumer price index and the impact of higher grocery prices on people seeking to recover from the pandemic.
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Tim Waring, a University of Maine associate professor of economics and faculty fellow with UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, was a guest on an episode of Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” discussing the buy local movement in Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at the University of Maine is actively supporting women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers and encouraging youth to envision employment in STEM fields. More information about the group is online.
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