Saturday’s Lewiston Sun Journal reported on a Friday Bates College presentation by Jim Dill of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty, providing health officials, construction industry personnel, landlords and others with information about bedbugs and how to deal with them.  A television story on the presentation is on the WCSH/WLBZ Web site.

James Dill, a pest management specials at UMaine Cooperative Extension, will be the keynote speaker Friday at a forum about bedbugs, according to the Lewiston Sun Journal. The forum, sponsored by the Lewiston-Auburn Public Health Committee, will be held in Chase Hall at Bates College starting at 8:30 a.m.

A Saturday Bangor Daily News story provided detail on a Friday afternoon visit to UMaine by nearly 100 members of the Maine Legislature.  UMaine was one stop on a regional tour, managed by the Maine Development Foundation, to give lawmakers first-hand information about factors that influence Maine’s economy.  The UMaine visit included tours of several […]

Tracey Nelson, a UMaine Cooperative Extension publications distribution manager and graphic designer, commented in a Bangor Daily News story about the increasing interest in Cooperative Extension’s on-line informational pamphlets.

Kate Yerxa from UMaine Cooperative Extension was the featured expert in a Monday WABI story about affordable ways to keep children physically active during the winter months.  Yerxa is Extension’s statewide educator for nutrition and physical activity.

The Jan. 2 Maine Sunday Telegram included a story describing UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener volunteer program. Classes begin at various locations around Maine in January, February and March.  The story includes comments from Extension’s Tori Jackson, who teaches the classes in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties.

Kate Yerxa of UMaine’s Cooperative Extension wrote about the importance of activity for kids during the winter months. Yerxa writes despite the challenges of encouraging kids to play on cold winter days when daylight is short, exercise helps keep kids’ minds sharp and ready to learn, reduces stress, and builds healthy lifestyle habits for the future.

The Morning Sentinel has a story about the UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Somerset County Master Gardener program, which begins next month. The focus this year will be on ornamental horticulture.