The weekly newspaper Village Soup noted the work of UMaine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant in a story about the cleanliness and safety of Maine’s beaches. Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant support staff help in monitoring water quality and protecting public health at Maine’s 61 public access beaches, which comprise more than […]

The Lewiston Sun Journal announced upcoming food preservation workshops in Lisbon Falls, Mexico and Farmington. UMaine Cooperative Extension Educator Barbara Murphy said the workshops have become more popular recently as interest in food preservation has grown. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and bee specialist Frank Drummond was interviewed for an article in the Bangor Daily News about Maine’s recovering honey and bumble bee populations. Drummond discussed research he is doing in Jonesboro to determine how bees used to pollinate blueberry fields are affected by different pesticides. Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756

The Lewiston Sun Journal reported on the installation of solar panels at UMaine Cooperative Extensions’s 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. The panels were installed on the roof of the year-round Lakeside Classroom building at the camp, which seeks to strengthen children’s relationship to the natural world. More information about the camp can […]

UMaine Cooperative Extension vegetable and small fruit Specialist David Handley was featured in a Bangor Daily News story about the impending strawberry season. Handley has been quoted this week in several news reports about this year’s crop, which he says should be strong, with good quality, size and number of berries. Handley also appears on […]

UMaine Cooperative Extension Specialist David Handley was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald story about the upcoming strawberry crop. Handley said the strawberry plants are where they should be in terms of flower development and plant health. He added there have been few strawberry-eating insects this year. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics Jim McConnon was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News feature article about a Caribou man who has carved out a niche in the computer games world. McConnon says Christopher York’s success is a sign of the expansion and penetration of broadband into rural parts of […]