The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted the STEAM Team Ocean Xplorers program, a new interactive multi-session STEAM ocean-focused adventure series for children 8–12 years of age from University of Cooperative Extension Waldo County’s 4-H program, the Belfast Free Library and the UMaine MARINE Initiative. Visit the program webpage or Belfast Free Library […]
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Penobscot Bay Pilot, the Bangor Daily News, the Livermore Falls Advertiser and the Daily Bulldog advanced “Teaching from the Heart: Nonviolent Communication in the Elementary Classroom,” an online professional development program from University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Visit the UMaine Extension website to register and learn more about the program.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering its Ag Ambassador program this fall. The program, open to all Maine teens ages 14–18, focuses on career exploration through farm and production visits around the state and provides opportunities to build relationships with industry professionals. The Fall 2023 cohort will meet virtually 3:30–5 p.m. on Oct. […]
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Registration is open for an online professional development program, “Engaging Your Critical Thinking Skills.” The workshop, presented by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Business School, will be held on Fridays, Oct. 20 and 27 and Nov. 3, 10 and 17. Participants will learn and practice every aspect of critical thinking and develop […]
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Registration is now open for a new, interactive multi-session STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) ocean-focused adventure series starting Oct. 19 at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street. STEAM Team Ocean Xplorers is a collaborative effort between the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension Waldo County 4-H, the Belfast Free Library and the UMaine […]
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James Dill, a pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about the population boom of Asian jumping worms in the state. “All of a sudden, this year there are a lot more worms being sent in for identification,” he said. “Last year we got a dozen in […]
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Morning Ag Clips promoted the 2023 Maine Hunger Dialogue and Climate Action Summit 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine. Visit the event webpage for more information.
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The Wiscasset Newspaper highlighted an upcoming integrated pest management forum featuring David Handley, a vegetable and small-fruit specialist at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, as one of the panelists. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay is hosting the free community forum 5–6:30 p.m. Oct. 18.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering an eight-hour ServSafe Food Protection Manager course 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Cumberland County Extension office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. The course will help prepare students for the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification exam. The exam will immediately follow the course. This nationally-recognized certification […]
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In stories about the first confirmed cases of Eastern equine encephalitis virus in Maine, News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News and WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) noted that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory evaluated animals that died of the virus.
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