The Bangor Daily News reported that the state’s Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee is postponing until late June a decision whether to review and audit Casella Waste Systems Inc.’s operations in Maine, a decision that also will postpone consideration of a request before the Maine Public Utilities Commission to authorize a landfill methane gas pipeline from […]
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Jonathan Farley, associate professor of computing and information science and associate professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Maine, has been profiled in anew book, In Praise of Jamaica: Natural Wonders, Heroes and Achievements by George Meikle. On a website associated with the book, Farley is listed with “50 Jamaican Trailblazers,”, which includes Harry […]
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An article in Mainebiz about liability insurance for many of Maine’s small farms that are diversifying from traditional approaches to farming cited a University of Maine-based survey conducted by the Center for Tourism and Outreach in 2006. The research revealed that of 400 farmers surveyed, farms participating in agritourism said those activities accounted for 50 […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed University of Maine political science professor James Warhola and former UMaine Army ROTC enrollment officer Darryl Lyon about 2008 University of Maine graduate and Army Capt. John “Jay” Brainard III of Newport, who died in Afghanistan on Monday when the helicopter he was piloting crashed. Several other news organizations reported […]
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A Maine Public Radio Report that aired on NPR stations including Vermont Public Radio included comments from Bob Bayer, the executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute. Bayer discussed the early start to the soft-shelled lobster season, which Bayer said could be caused by relatively warm water temperatures and the increased availability of food. Contact: Jessica […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension specialist and School of Economics Professor Jim McConnon was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald article about bond ratings for the state of Maine. McConnon said Maine must consider the guidance and rationale provided by the rating agencies because that could signal what happens in the future, but the rating itself is […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed students and staff at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor about its recent Art Factory program in which area children were introduced to various art forms, from painting to origami, by local artists. Museum education coordinator Eva Wagner said the museum wants to promote artwork as a creative […]
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A column in the Bangor Daily News about the beauty and fragrance of Magnolia “Butterflies” garden ornamentals cites the author’s impressions of the magnolias in the University of Maine’s Lyle E.Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden as a source of inspiration. The cultivar is slow growing, but worth the wait, the writer noted. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
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Comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics Jim McConnon about the coming tourist season were included in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report. McConnon and others involved with the tourism industry agreed the improving economy likely will mean a strong tourism season. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Lilly Ledbetter, a national pioneer for equal pay, in advance of Ledbetter’s talk Saturday, June 2 in Orono. Ledbetter is the keynote speaker for this year’s Maine NEW Leadership, an initiative for Maine women in college who are interested in become involved in politics. Mary Cathcart, co-director of the conference […]
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