A Bangor Daily News genealogy column included a note that Jack Battick, a UMaine associate professor emeritus in history, and his wife Nancy Klimavicz Battick have authored a publication of interest to local genealogists. “Vital Records of Dover-Foxcroft” is a three-volume set of records from the town of Dover-Foxcroft in Piscataquis County. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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Friday’s Maine Hello new first-year student move-in activity was covered by the Bangor Daily News, WABI, WLBZ and WVII. More than 600 volunteers helped welcome the 1,848 members of the Class of 2015 and their families upon arrival during the day on Friday. More information on the class and the upcoming academic year is included […]
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An Inside Higher Ed story, “A Call to End Pledging,” includes comments from UMaine Prof. Elizabeth Allan, an expert on hazing in college and university environments. The story is based on a directive by Cornell’s president that student organizations work to create recruitment processes that do not include pledging.
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Lauren St. Germain of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty is one of the experts quoted in a Sunday Lewiston Sun Journal story about factors causing some trees to drop their leaves early this year. St. Germain and others attribute the phenomenon to the cold, wet spring and certain fungal diseases that have been prevalent around […]
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Comments from Lois Berg Stack of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty were included in Tom Atwell’s Maine Sunday Telegram gardening column. The article examined the factors that determine the extent to which people remain enthusiastic about home vegetable gardening.
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the volunteers at UMaine’s Fall Welcome Weekend.
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UMaine Cooperative Extension educator Kate Yerxa was interviewed for a Thursday news report by Channels 2 (WLBZ) and 6 (WCSH) about preparing for the effects of Hurricane Irene. Yerxa offered advice for stocking up on appropriate food and emergency provisions in case of power outages. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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A Bangor Daily News article about the 10th anniversary of Bangor’s American Folk Festival includes a reference to research by the University of Maine-based Center for Tourism Research and Outreach, which revealed that 93 percent of visitors to the festival say they return each year. The research on visitor experience and economic analysis of the […]
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Mark Hutton, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension vegetable specialist, was interviewed by the Mid-Coast’s Village Soup newspaper group for a Thursday story about potential crop damage from Hurricane Irene, due to hit Maine Sunday or Monday. Hutton advises growers to harvest any crops that are ripe or near ripe, with the exception of melons, […]
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Prof. Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about the potential political implications of Portland having an elected mayor. Residents of Maine’s largest city will vote in November to elect a person to that post. Brewer says the new mayor will have a significant voice in […]
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