The Associated Press reported a group led by the University of Maine is investing more than $14 million in businesses and infrastructure to try to grow marine jobs in the state. The Alliance for Maine’s Marine Economy, which is a consortium of businesses and institutions in the state, is investing $7 million in voter-approved bonds […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the beginning of Maine’s maple season while visiting the University of Maine’s Thomas J. Corcoran Sugar House. Keith Kanoti, a forest manager at UMaine, said students, staff and faculty tap about 350 trees to make syrup every spring. The recent weather has been perfect for harvesting sap, WABI reported. “If […]
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Maine Maple Sunday is not until March 25, but the sap is already flowing in some parts of the state according to Kathy Hopkins, a maple syrup expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. A typical season for maple producers is a cold January and February, with trees being tapped in mid-to-late February or […]
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University of Maine initiatives were included in the Mainebiz article, “Commercial drone use is taking off, as more Maine companies use them on the job.” The Barbara Wheatland Geospatial Analysis Laboratory in UMaine’s School of Forest Resources is introducing drone technology to various industry professionals, according to the article. “We’ve worked with Verso at their […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and Woodworking Network reported the nation’s first manufacturer of cross-laminated timber plans to set up shop in Maine, with a goal of creating 100 jobs at a $22 million mill. SmartLam, LLC of Montana still seeks a mill site, but has committed to building a factory in Maine […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about the popularity of live lobsters in Asia. Two-thirds of the live lobster sold overseas by the U.S. last year went to Asia, up 36 percent from the year before. The growth in the $231.9 million Asian market is welcomed by the Maine […]
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Mainebiz and Maine Public mentioned the University of Maine in reports of a new tenant at the site of Millinocket’s shuttered paper mill. LignaCLT Maine LLC announced it is expecting to bring 100 jobs to the Katahdin region in the next five years. LignaCLT Maine will build a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on the site now […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Stephanie Welcomer, a professor of management at the University of Maine, for an article about the retirement of York Hill Farm’s cheesemakers. John and Penny Duncan, makers of award-winning goat cheese, quietly retired in October after four decades in the business, according to the article. Welcomer, whose work focuses on […]
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Bridie McGreavy, an assistant professor of environmental communication at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on the important role that bivalves — mussels, clams and oysters — play in the state’s economy. McGreavy also is a faculty fellow with the Senator George J. […]
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Robert Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, spoke with The Guardian for the article, “Is it wrong to boil lobsters alive?” “I’m not convinced they feel pain,” Steneck said. “There is no compelling case I’ve seen that suggests they feel pain. You don’t really see this level of concern for […]
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