In the Portland Press Herald blog “Pedal On: Tips, info and events for people who love their bikes,” author Karen Beaudoin says the Bicycle Coalition of Maine is looking for volunteers to help at both of its Great Maine Bike Swaps. The Orono swap is set for Sunday, April 14 at the University of Maine […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke to Nancy Boyington, assistant director at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast, about the center’s workshops for nonprofit businesses. The center offers a nonprofit certificate management program that requires participants to take six different one-day workshops. The workshops are offered to help nonprofit workers deal with changes in the […]
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State science fair winner and Bangor High School student Mary Butler told the Bangor Daily News she had never been in a science fair before working with University of Maine students and faculty on her project, “Nanofibrillated Cellulose as the Potential Component of a Low-cost Water Filtration System.” Butler said she worked with UMaine chemical […]
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Ana Bonstedt, home horticulture coordinator at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County, offered advice on preparing seedlings on WLBZ (Channel 2). Bonstedt spoke about planting dates and building seedling containers.
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WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Bananas, the University of Maine mascot, for an April Fools’ Day edition of its series “Maine’s Most Fascinating People.”
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Dr. Robert Dana, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at the University of Maine. In Dana’s article, “Marijuana legalization: An easy way out,” he speaks about the complications associated with legalizing the drug and offers ways ordinary citizens can help stop drug abuse.
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WABI (Channel 5) cited Marjorie Peronto, educator at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Hancock County, in a story about a countywide food drive. The drive, which started at the beginning of March and had contributions from over 120 businesses, schools and churches, ends April 3. Peronto spoke about March being a “dry month […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke to two faculty members of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for an article about ways gardeners can prevent deer from eating their crops. Donna Coffin, an extension professor in Dover-Foxcroft, spoke about the deer problem in gardens and the use of fences to keep the animals away. Diana Hibbard, […]
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The Portland Press Herald previewed the exhibition “Place of Mind: The John Bailly-Richard Blanco Collaborative Project” that opens Friday at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor. The exhibit features mixed-media art by French-American painter and printmaker Bailly and Cuban-American poet and teacher Blanco, who read at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration.
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The Portland Press Herald published an opinion piece by Charles Scontras, historian and research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education. Scontras’ article, “Maine Voices: Maine lobsterman no stranger to unions,” focuses on how Maine lobster fishermen are turning to the labor movement to protect their interests.
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