Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article on Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap saying he may split the Republican Party’s proposed referendum effort on cutting taxes and reforming welfare into two ballot questions. Brewer said the welfare argument may be easier for Republicans […]
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Information from the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine was included in an Ellsworth American article about members of Halcyon Grange No. 345 in Blue Hill taking on the New England tradition of making bean hole beans. Native Americans first made the beans by “baking beans with bear grease in maple syrup in […]
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Jesica D. Waller, a graduate student at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, was interviewed for an Al Jazeera English television piece about ocean acidification and lobsters. “The cause for worry is really we don’t know enough to worry,” says Waller, whose research focuses on how American lobster larvae develop in acidic ocean conditions. […]
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The Maine Edge carried a University of Maine news release announcing UMaine’s yearlong celebration of its 150th anniversary continues with Open University Day on Oct. 17, held in conjunction with Homecoming, and Family and Friends Weekend from Oct. 16–18. A list of all public events throughout the weekend, including athletics events, art exhibits, planetarium shows, […]
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The Kennebec Journal reported the Pittston Consolidated School received a $1,400 grant from central Maine dairy farmers to promote more healthful eating and exercise. The Fuel Up to Play 60 program will enable the school to buy equipment for its playground, kitchen and physical education program as well as supplies for a new nutritional program, […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release previewing the 2015 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability. “When Science Meets Politics: Symphony or Slugfest?” will be presented by University of Colorado professor and author Roger Pielke Jr., at 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in Hauck Auditorium. The event will include remarks by Sen. […]
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The Boston Globe spoke with Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, for the article “New England seaweed the next big thing in local food?” Redmond said she she wanted to be a seaweed farmer since she was 15 years old, when she would […]
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Anne Lichtenwalner, a University of Maine professor, veterinarian and director of UMaine’s Animal Health Laboratory, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Turkey shortage across the country could ruffle Thanksgiving plans.” Farmers and grocers around the country have been affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, that last spring decimated turkey […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, a University of Maine professor of food science and human nutrition and past president of the Institute of Food Technologists, was quoted in a Sun Journal article about the popularity of pumpkin flavor. According to Nielsen, in 2014 Americans spent $361 million on pumpkin-flavored food and drink items. One reason, said Camire, […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on an 800-pound pumpkin named Peanut that was grown by a couple and transplanted in the Bangor Community Garden. The couple planted the seeds on May 1, and is bringing the pumpkin to the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta, where it may be made into a boat, […]
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