The latest column in the Portland Press Herald’s Maine Gardener series mentions jams as an easy way to make berries last longer. The article cites a new low-sugar recipe recommended by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
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The Sun Journal previewed the daylong Maine Sheep and Goat Housing and Equipment Seminar that will take place Saturday, Oct. 19 at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield. University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering the seminar with the Maine Sheep Breeders Association, Boer Goat Breeders of Maine and regional dairy goat associations of Maine.
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The Portland Press Herald published an editorial titled “UMaine proposal should get full airing” about the University of Maine’s submission of a proposal to the state Public Utilities Commission for a long-term contract for an offshore wind energy project.
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, about the $150 million in borrowing that’s to go before Maine voters this fall. Brewer said voters tend to look at bond proposals skeptically and are more likely to pass the transportation and state armories upgrade bonds than […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine is one of 17 recipients to split $16 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund projects related to efficiently capturing energy from waves, tides and currents. UMaine received $394,000 to study fish interactions with a power system in Cobscook Bay to predict the probability of […]
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SmartPlanet recently published an article, “How to build a bridge in 10 days,” that focuses on the Bridge-in-a-Backpack technology that was developed at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
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The Free Press reported the University of Maine and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be two of 18 exhibitors at Bug Maine-ia at the Maine State Museum in Augusta on Sept. 11. The exhibitors will provide hands-on displays and demonstrations for visitors of all ages at the free event.
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A post on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s official blog, FDA Voice, mentioned the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and its executive director, John Rebar. The post, “Hearing the concerns of Maine growers striving for agricultural diversity,” is part of a series to see agricultural practices first-hand and to discuss the produce-safety standards the […]
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SJH Pulse, news and information for the St. Joseph Healthcare community, reported first-year University of Maine students from Somerset Hall spent their first weekend at college volunteering with SJH Community Networks and Foundation. The students cleaned around the hospital and the new Clift Darling House.
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The Morning Sentinel reported Peter Koons, a professor at the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, will share research on the intersection of global mountain ranges, glaciation, oceans and atmosphere Sept. 18 at the South Solon Meeting House in Solon.
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