Contact: Sharon Barker, 581-1501 ORONO — Sharon Barker, director of the UMaine Women’s Resource Center, recently received the American Association of University Women’s 2009 Achievement Citation Award for Maine. Criteria for the award includes a requirement that a recipient be a woman in Maine who has made a distinctive contribution in an AAUW field of […]
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Contact: Karen Hawkes at (207) 581-2443 ORONO -– Four more communities are now recognized as official Sports Done Right school communities, joining eight other school districts and six parks and recreation departments that already share this distinction. Cape Elizabeth School Department, Cape Elizabeth Community Services, Scarborough School Department, Scarborough Community Services, and the Auburn School Department […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A University of Maine student has been diagnosed with H1N1 virus. The student lives off campus, in Penobscot County. Except to seek medical treatment at Cutler Health Center this week, the student has not been on campus since the end of the spring semester, approximately five weeks […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson (207) 581-2971 Orono, ME—University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in conjunction with the Maine Congress of Lake Associations, has scheduled a courtesy boat inspection workshop to help protect lakes from invasive aquatic plants. The session will be held on June 15 at the Milo town office from 6-7:30 p.m. Registration is free. For more […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571; Aimee Dolloff at (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has selected four University of Maine projects to receive a total of $6.8 million from the Maine Technology Asset Fund. That fund, administered by MTI, was established when the Maine Legislature and voters approved a $50 […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, 207.581.3571 ORONO — Paving is scheduled for Sebec Road and Long Road at the University of Maine next week, weather pemitting. Those planning to drive on the Orono campus June 16 and 17 are asked to note the following schedule: Tuesday June 16 Sebec Rd. will be closed for paving along with […]
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Contact: UMaine Extension: Kathy Savoie,(207) 780-4205; Douglas Babkirk, (207) 712-1414. Whole Foods Market: Barbara Gulino: Barbara.gulino@wholefoods.com, (207) 774-7711. Members of the news media are welcome to cover any of the food preservation classes in the Portland store. To do so, please coordinate with Barbara Gulino. ORONO, Maine— Whole Foods Market has called on the University […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Maine NEWLeadership, a University of Maine initiative that aims to educate and empower women to become civic and political leaders, will take place at UMaine from June 11 to 16. It is part of a national program that began at the Center for American Women in Politics […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, (207) 949-2167; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 *Note to members of the media – The best opportunity to see the garden in progress and speak to volunteers and Hampden Mayor Matthew Arnett will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 18. HAMPDEN, Maine – Hoping to set an example for residents, the town of […]
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Contact: Joyce Rumery at (207) 581-1655 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Fogler Library will host a statewide Collection Development Summit on June 15, 2009. The Summit, organized by the Maine InfoNet Board, will bring approximately 100 librarians from around the state. The purpose of the summit is to explore library collection development issues, priorities, […]
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