Tim Garrity, a UMaine graduate student studying Maine history, has been named executive director of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Garrity, who lives in Somesville, served as president and CEO of Blue Hill Memorial Hospital from 2002-2008.
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Comments from Jim Dill of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty are included in a Tuesday Bangor Daily News report on the impact of this summer’s weather on Maine’s insect populations. Dill says that the number of pests — especially mosquitoes — has been reduced this summer because of the dry and warm weather conditions
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Bill Livingston of the UMaine School of Forest Resources faculty was quoted extensively in a Tuesday Bangor Daily News story about the health of Maine trees considering the summer’s dry, warm weather. Livingston points out that warmer winters also threaten trees, because those conditions are easier on insect populations.
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The UMaine Cooperative Extension in Lisbon Falls was awarded $1,900 from the Lisbon Community Federal Credit Union, according to the Lewiston Sun Journal. The contribution will be used to help fund the Extension’s 4-H Program.
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ScienceNews reports on a study by UMaine’s Nilmini Gedivinne, who found that some of the leaves of some evergreen trees have a starter material for the anti-flu drug Tamiflu. The finding was reported Aug. 26 at the American Chemical Society’s fall meeting.
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Contact: Anne Lichtenwalner, 581-2789 ORONO – Consumers can do their part in protecting themselves from potentially contaminated poultry products, including eggs, by using common sense and sanitary food preparation practices. There also is a lot that can be done by Maine’s thousands of chicken owners. Large commercial henhouses, family farms or even small backyard chicken […]
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Comments from Mary Ellin Logue of the UMaine education faculty are included in a story posted on the MSNBC Web site, looking at issues related to aggressive play among boys and the ways in which teachers respond to it.
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A Monday Bangor Daily News story details some of the community service projects carried out by UMaine first-year students on Saturday. Some 1,200 students volunteered at dozens of area organizations and agencies Saturday afternoon. The story includes comments from Lisa Morin, UMaine’s Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism coordinator.
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Monday’s Lewiston Sun Journal includes a preview of a Sept. 13 UMaine Cooperative Extension program for western Maine business operators. Headed up by Extension’s Marc Edwards, the program will provide information and advice about marketing businesses to the tour bus industry that visits that part of the state during the fall foliage season.
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WABI broadcast a Saturday report about UMaine’s first-ever day of service for new first-year students. The members of the Class of 2014 spent several hours on Saturday providing service at the sites of community organizations in the Bangor-Orono-Old Town area.
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