The Bangor Daily News spoke with Donna Coffin, educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about pig habits for an article on a 140-pound black guinea hog who escaped into the Aroostook woods on its way to a slaughterhouse. Coffin said pigs are omnivores and if they can find a dry shelter with access […]
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FIS, the website of Fish Information and Services, and the Bangor Daily News are among the latest organizations to report on research by Noah Oppenheim, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine, that suggests climate change is creating cannibalism among lobsters. Oppenheim came to the discovery after capturing on an underwater camera […]
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David Yarborough, blueberry specialist for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Associated Press about a new fruit fly posing a threat to the state’s blueberry crop. Yarborough said while growers are anxious about the flies, they’re doing what they can to monitor and control them. The Washington Post, Kennebec Journal and PhillyBurbs.com […]
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The Associated Press and Foster’s Daily Democrat reported on a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the University of Maine and University of New Hampshire to conduct a three-year study to research how beaches and shellfish beds are closed due to bacteria. The project, known as the New England Sustainability Consortium, is […]
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John Thompson, physics professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about how sound travels for an article on noise complaints associated with the Waterfront Concerts in Bangor. Thompson said low-frequency waves are able to pass over and around buildings, trees and other objects, while higher frequency sounds are more likely […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) included articles on the presence of 4-H members at local fairs. Members of 4-H, the youth development branch of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, celebrated the group’s 100th birthday at the Bangor State Fair and displayed results of hard work at the Northern Maine Fair in Presque […]
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Karen Hatch Gagne, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) at the fourth annual Positive Youth Development Institute in Bangor. The professional development conference gives Maine educators a chance to hear from students about ways to strengthen their relationships. Gagne said changes in education are really about youth voice, choice and […]
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Ellen Mallory, sustainable agriculture extension specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article “How Skowhegan became Maine’s new bread basket” after the annual Kneading Conference was held in Skowhegan. Mallory spoke about the need […]
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A Bangor Daily News editorial titled “Turn up the volume on compromise” cites a study by Todd Gabe, University of Maine economics professor. Gabe’s study found Bangor’s Waterfront Concerts have generated more than $30 million in local spending in the first three years.
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The Kennebec Journal, WABI (Channel 5) and Portland Press Herald published articles on the passing of Ashley Drew, a University of Maine graduate and musician who inspired many including the UMaine football team. Drew underwent a double lung transplant last year and battled with cystic fibrosis her whole life. She earned a bachelor’s degree in […]
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