Channel 2 (WLBZ) interviewed UMaine accounting professor Steve Colburn of the Maine Business School for a feature report on the tax-return assistance program being held on Fridays through April 13 at the Orono Public Library. Colburn oversees UMaine accounting students who help taxpayers file state and federal tax-return forms. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine School of Economics professor Gary Hunt explained some of the factors affecting rising gasoline prices in Maine, which are higher than the national average, in a Monday interview with Channel 2 (WLBZ). Hunt, also a cooperating faculty member with the university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, suggests that reducing demand for combustible […]
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The Lewiston Sun Journal has a story about Trevor Doiron, a 13-year-old from Jay, who is starting a community garden and will eventually report the produce to Maine Harvest for Hunger, a program run by University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The story noted that Doiron has met with Lauren St. Germain from UMaine Extension in […]
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In a sidebar to an article about the connections between early childhood development and economic development, Mainebiz noted the Child Care Research Partnership at the University of Southern Maine and UMaine, which provided classroom observations of Educate Central Maine in Waterville, a state-of-the-art early childhood learning center. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Chris Hastings, a first-year MBA student at UMaine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about job opportunities and the business climate in Maine. Hastings wrote when a new business wants to come to the state or a particular municipality, the governing body should consider not who is going to make the most […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed by Bangor TV station WLBZ about how the ongoing Maine Republican caucus works. Brewer said there because there is no clear frontrunner at this point, the caucuses will be hard to predict this year. He thinks the winner will either be Mitt Romney or Ron Paul, who are […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Maine Gov. Paul LePage has named Lauri Sidelko, director of UMaine’s Alcohol and Drug Education Programs (ADEP), to the Maine Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force. Sidelko will focus on education. The task force will report every six months to the governor, the attorney general, the commissioner of public safety, […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer discussed Maine Republican politics and the upcoming caucuses in the state for the Feb. 5 edition of the Inside America program on ABC NewsRadio, a national Australian radio news station with nearly a million listeners. Brewer discussed the state’s political climate and the lurch to the right with the […]
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Bangor TV station WABI had a story on a project at the University of Maine Museum of Art in which Maine youth are painting thousands of red roses to help artist Tim Rollins create a painting about legendary Senator Margaret Chase Smith. Smith was known for wearing a red rose on her lapel. Rollins’ painting […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the news that UMaine’s aerospace engineering concentration has produced its first graduate. Richard McGrath of Westport Island said he took the required three classes after he was laid off from Bath Iron Works. Adjunct professor David Rubenstein, who teaches aeronautics, astronautics, flight dynamics, modeling and control of aircraft and […]
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