The University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation and Lobster Institute will host Maine entrepreneur Luke Holden at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12. Holden is the founder of Luke’s Lobster restaurant, which has 22 locations across the U.S. and five locations in Japan. With its processing plant Cape Seafood in Saco, Luke’s Lobster is […]
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Dana Morse and Chris Bartlett, professionals with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, were quoted in a Down East magazine article on the state’s aquaculture industry. Maine’s traditional fishing culture is on the verge of forced change, the article states, but fishermen have been wary of an aquacultural shift. In […]
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Doug Gardner, a professor of forest operations, bioproducts and bioenergy at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for an article about how the lucrative European wood chip market has the potential to rejuvenate the forest products sector in Maine. Wood chips, which are burned for fuel in biomass energy plants, are in strong […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “As paper mills die, here’s how Maine loggers hope to survive.” As traditional paper businesses are shifting to growing markets in food packaging and tissue — and as the pellet industry tries to grow its share of the U.S. heating market — others […]
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Mainebiz and Portland Press Herald reported the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine has been selected by the Maine International Trade Center to receive the “Innovator of the Year” award. The 2017 International Trade and Investment Awards will be presented May 25 during Maine International Trade Day at the Cross Insurance […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and the Associated Press reported an a recent economic impact study of civil legal aid services in Maine. The study, which was commissioned by Maine’s Justice Action Group and conducted by University of Maine economist Todd Gabe, found legal aid for Maine’s poor population boosts the state’s economy by more than $105 […]
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The Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine has been selected by the Maine International Trade Center to receive the “Innovator of the Year” award. The 2017 International Trade and Investment Awards will be presented May 25 during Maine International Trade Day at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The company winners […]
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An economic impact study conducted by the University of Maine was mentioned in a WLBZ (Channel 2) report about the town of Bar Harbor’s proposal to turn one of its ferry terminals into a cruise ship hub. Town officials want to buy the ferry terminal off Eden Street from the state and create a maritime […]
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David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Maine Public report about how blueberry growers in the state are struggling with plummeting prices. Yarborough said the berries can be roughly categorize into two groups: cultivated, or “highbush,” and wild, or “lowbush.” Wild blueberries, those found only in […]
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The Maine Community Foundation published an article on Tristan Corriveau, an entrepreneur from Harpswell who founded The One Gallon Soap Co. in Scarborough. His fledgling company, which recycles used bars of soap into liquid hand soap, began a year ago in his basement, according to the article. Corriveau said he has found plenty of support […]
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