The program Harvest for Hunger — which connects gardeners with food-insecure neighbors who can benefit from donated fresh produce—was featured in a fosters.com news article about their unique program run by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. According to UMaine Extension educator Frank Wertheim, last year York County commercial and residential growers donated 50,000 pounds […]
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Scott Darling, former University of Maine goalie, was featured in a Bangor Daily News article highlighting his success as a professional hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks, who won this year’s championship game. The article talks about the turning points in Darling’s life; how he earned a spot on the NHL roster and how he […]
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Stella Doyon, a master food preserver with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has a relish recipe in a book highlighted in the Knox News Sentinel. Linda Amendt, multi-time winner of culinary competitions at fairs, authored “Blue Ribbon Canning,” (Taunton Press, $21.95).
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Metro, a daily newspaper in Canada, carried an Associated Press story about sake joining the ranks of artisan brewing. Dan Ford’s Maine-made sake is hitting what he thinks is an untapped market. Ford, who launched Blue Current Brewery, received assistance from the University of Maine and used a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for his […]
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The Bangor Daily News announced the University of Maine women’s basketball team ranked No. 24 in the 2014–15 Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Honor Roll presented by AT&T. The Black Bears, the lone America East program in the top 25, earned a 3.399 team GPA. University of Missouri-Kansas City was […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine football player Trevor Bates of Westbrook is a nominee for the 2015 Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team. The award honors football players who help others and positively affect their communities.
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James McConnon, a professor of economics at the University of Maine, was interviewed in a Mainebiz article about Stonewall Kitchen, an iconic Maine brand. McConnon says as Stonewall Kitchen has grown, it has inspired a generation of artisanal food makers in Maine. The number of food and beverage companies in Maine grew 19 percent between […]
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ABC/Fox/Channel 7 featured middle school students participating in the Maine Summer Transportation Institute program at the University of Maine. The two-week camp seeks to expose students to careers in engineering, specifically transportation-related fields. Participants designed games using cars, elevators, taxi cabs and more to learn about real-world applications of problem solving, communication and team building.
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A 2011 University of Maine report was cited in a Bangor Daily News editorial about ways to boost recycling in the state, keeping in mind the process is market-driven. The report found nearly 22 percent of the material in Maine’s solid waste could be recycled and 38 percent could be composted.
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In an article in the Portland Press Herald, University of Maine professor of marine science Robert Steneck was interviewed about the age of a 3-foot-long, 20-pound lobster caught in the Gulf of Maine. “I would question it being 75 years old,” said Steneck. “It’s probably more in the range of 25 to 50 years.” Steneck […]
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