Fosters.com previewed a self-guided garden tour in York County from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 25. The eight-stop tour follows a route through South Berwick, Eliot, Kittery Point and York. It includes gardens owned, managed by or created in collaboration with University of Maine Cooperative Extension York County Master Gardener Volunteers. The tour […]
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An economic impact study conducted by Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine, was cited in a Portland Press Herald article about a Texas-based company filing an application with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to build a $613 million wind farm in Aroostook County. The farm would have an installed capacity […]
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The Associated Press reported on this year’s final training session for citizen scientists interested in Maine’s bumblebee counting project. The session took place at the University of Southern Maine. The Maine Bumble Bee Atlas project aims to help determine Maine bee range and abundance, according to the report. The project is being coordinated by the […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 7) also reported that University of Maine women’s basketball student-athlete Liz Wood of Catlett, Virginia, has been named the America East’s 2014–15 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Wood, the first Black Bear to receive the honor, was selected from a group of eight student-athletes in female sports. Each […]
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A July 15 Portland Press Herald editorial, “Maine shirks obligation to K–12 schools, students,” focused on the state’s inability to meet a school funding mandate, and cited a 2013 Maine Policy Review article on the impact of state revenue reductions on Maine municipalities. The Maine Policy Review article by Emily Shaw explored municipal responses to […]
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David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the anticipated success of this years growing season. Yarborough organized and moderated the annual meeting of blueberry growers from around the state — held at Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro — this past Wednesday. Last year’s […]
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Robert Steneck, professor of marine science at the University of Maine, was quoted in an article that appeared in boston.com about a ‘huge lobster’ caught in the Gulf of Maine.
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal about the Maine Art Museum Trail titled, “Hunting Beauty on Maine’s Art Museum Trail.” “…I moved on to the University of Maine museum, which concentrates on contemporary art. There, I found four exhibitions squeezed into a small space. One […]
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Mark Brewer, political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in an MPBN article titled, “Potential 2nd District Rematch on Track to Shatter State Fundraising Records.” Brewer believes that spending reports are still a good measure of progress for a candidate’s success. “These numbers still tell us, in many ways, what they told […]
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William “Bill” Lucy ’71, former associate dean of student activities and organizations at the University of Maine, passed away July 12, 2015. Lucy earned his education doctorate from UMaine in 1971. For 25 years until his retirement in 1996, Lucy was known to generations of University of Maine students as “Dean Lucy.” As associate dean […]
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