An Associated Press article about a forthcoming report on what needs to be done to make offshore wind power in Maine a reality notes that the University of Maine leads a consortium of nonprofits, utilities and businesses planning floating wind turbines that will generate 5 gigawatts of power by 2030. The report, “The Turning Point […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist John Jemison was interviewed by Channel 5 (WABI) for a report on the coming fall foliage season. Jemison explained how chlorophyll and other pigments in leaves photosynthesize as the summer wanes, which turns leaves primarily from green to bright yellow, red and orange. The timing of the color change […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for an Associated Press report that ran on the Boston Globe website about the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s infusion of funding for Republican Senate candidate Charlie Summers and TV ads for his campaign. Brewer said the committee typically does not “throw around money” without a purpose, and therefore […]
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A Bangor Daily News editorial about combating childhood obesity said that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension-hosted FoodCorps, an extension of the national AmeriCorps program that foments community and school gardening, along with healthy food choices, is a promising way to educate people about healthier lifestyles and ways to improve. The program is particularly effective, […]
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Susan Bennett Armistead, who teachers early literacy at UMaine and works with the program Raising Readers, was interviewed for a Maine Public Broadcasting Radio report on plans to increase literacy in Maine. Armistead said asking local communities to take control of their own literacy needs is a unique approach to reform. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]
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Channel 6 (WCSH) in Portland and Bangor affiliate Channel 2 (WLBZ) ran a report featuring University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and blueberry specialist David Yarborough who discussed the season’s blueberry crops. Yarborough said the season could be the best since 2000, in spite of a dry August and blight that hurt production for some […]
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The St. John Valley Times interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and crop specialist Steve Johnson in Aroostook County about how the summer’s lack of rain hurt the northern Maine potato crop. Johnson said one community, Saint Agatha, received only 1.1 inches of rain in July and less than two inches in August, which […]
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Mainebiz has posted on its website a news release from PC Construction, which has been awarded a $14 million contract to manage renovations and upgrades at UMaine’s Memorial Gymnasium and Field House. The construction, scheduled to start in the spring, will be the first major work on the two buildings since they were built 80 […]
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The Boulder, Colo.-based Public News Service website has published a feature article on the Maine Boomer Reporting Corps, a University of Maine Center on Aging program that trains members of the center’s Encore Leadership Corps to become “Boomer Bloggers,” using new and older media to report news by and about baby boomers. The Knight Community […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the selection of five former student-athletes for induction into the University of Maine 2012 Sports Hall of Fame. Former women’s basketball standout Kim Corbitt (2005), men’s basketball player Charlie Goddard (1950), hockey star Steve Kariya (1999), track and field record-holder Richard Nason (1964) and softball great Michelle Puls (1998) […]
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