UMaine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough told the Ellsworth American the blueberry crop is expected to be down this year, but the reduction in supply will likely drive up prices. Yarborough also said Maine’s wild blueberry crop is expected to be one of the smallest since 2005. The Maine crop was affected by an […]
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Charlie Armstrong of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty tells WLBZ/WCSH television that the Maine fall cranberry harvest is predicted at 20,000 barrells, or 2 million pounds. That’s about the same as last year’s yield.
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Thursday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story highlighting the achievements of UMaine cross-country star Corey Conner. The junior from North Townsend, Mass. won her second consecutive New England championship during a Boston race last weekend. She was the only runner to break the 17-minute mark in the 5-kilometer race.
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Contact: Ellen Woodhead, (207) 581-2609 BELFAST — The 7th Annual ESTIA International EcoPeace Community Conference Oct. 22 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will present speakers and panel discussions on the environment, education and sustainable community development. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., speakers and breakout groups will discuss philosophical and practical […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty, 207-581-2110, roberta.laverty@umit.maine.edu ORONO — Maine’s innovative composites bridge technologies are being highlighted during a two-day event Wednesday Oct 13 and Thursday Oct. 14. The 2010 Maine Composites Showcase, hosted by MaineDOT and its Maine composites partners, is introducing top bridge engineers from New England and the northeast region to the innovative composites […]
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Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, told the Bangor Daily News a proposed $5 billion undersea power line proposal aimed at spurring development of a coastal wind farm in the Mid-Atlantic states is a great sign that private investors are interested in offshore wind efforts. Google, along with a group […]
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Len Kaye of UMaine’s Center on Aging was featured in an MPBN story about high rates of drug abuse among Maine senior citizens. Kaye said an upward trend of abuse is apparent in Maine, and that a class of anti-anxiety medications called benzodiazepines are a major culprit.
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WABI had a story about the Children’s Water Festival, a daylong event hosted by UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research which seeks to introduce water issues to schoolchildren. More than 700 students in grades 4-6 had a chance to touch ocean critters, participate in a trivia game about water, and […]
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Comments from John Jemison of the UMaine Cooperative Extensoin faculty are included in a Portland Press Herald story about a biotech company’s efforts to gain approval for genetically altered salmon. Jemison, a water quality specialist who has extensively studied issues related to genetically engineered crops, provided some big-picture perspectives on these issues from his perspective […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer tells Maine Today Media (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) that the 2010 Maine gubernatorial campaign may be shaping up to be the most expensive in Maine history.
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