Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777; Laurie Connell 581-2470 Facial numbness, tingling in the arms and legs, nausea, dizziness — and those are the milder symptoms. Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, or PSP, is a very real danger in the state of Maine. Resulting from the consumption of shellfish tainted with toxins found in the algae that cause […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to work with Electrical and Computer Engineering professor John Vetelino knows that “Vet” is a man on a mission. Exceptionally focused and decidedly direct, Vetelino discovers a need, establishes a goal, takes aim, and fires — and it’s a rare target that escapes […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777; Bob Wagner 581-2903 ORONO – When commercial landowners began selling off massive tracks of the state’s northern forests in the late 1990’s, many Mainers wondered what the change in ownership would mean to access, land management, and conservation. Over three million acres, representing roughly one-third of Maine’s commercial forest lands, […]
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Contact: Michael Dennett, (207) 581-3213, or Laura Wilson (207) 581-2971 or (800) 870-7270 ORONO, Me. — Environmental educator Michael Dennett wants to teach your class or group about storm water runoff. Dennett uses hands-on models and interactive activities to show how runoff from lawns, rooftops and driveways pollutes our streams and rivers via storm drains. […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt, (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — International literacy consultant Blair Koefoed of New Zealand will be the featured speaker and group leader at the annual Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Institute sponsored by the Center for Literacy at the University of Maine. The Saturday, Jan. 7 conference takes place at the Kennebec Valley […]
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Contact: Associate Extension Professor Donna Lamb, (207) 564-3301 ORONO, Me. — The University of Maine’s J. Frank Witter Center has developed hay rebaling technology that promises to raise profits for Maine hay producers and increase hay availability for livestock owners. Hay producers like to harvest hay in large round bales, rather than small rectangular (known […]
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Contact: Amy Stevens, 581-1891; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — An effort to collect and preserve the stories of generations of former workers at Eastern Fine Paper Mill in Brewer is entering a new phase, as the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine has received renewed funding from the Maine Humanities Council to sustain […]
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Contact: Kyle McCaskill at 207-581-3185 or 800-287-0274 (kmccaskill@umext.maine.edu)Jennifer O’Leary at (207) 581-3106 (joleary@umext.maine.edu) Note: a photo is available on request. CHEVY CHASE, Md. — Harold “Brownie” Brown has devoted the bulk of his working life to youth education, much of it to Maine 4-H. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Brown, the current president of […]
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Contact: Nancy Strayer, Canadian-American Center, (207) 581-4220 ORONO — “Rexford St. John Boyington” is the ideal professor. He starts class on time, his students love him, and he is always well dressed, carrying a silver-tipped cane around with style and elegance. He’s brilliant, friendly and articulate. What’s stopping him from having his courses full the […]
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Contact: Nancy Strayer, Canadian-American Center, (207) 581-4220 ORONO — Smuggling, fisheries, Paleo-Indians and folklore are only some of the topics covered in a new book, “New England and the Maritime Provinces,” which was co-edited by Stephen Hornsby, director of the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine. The book is a compilation of a variety […]
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