The Sun Journal reported that Colt Knight, state livestock specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, offered a class on raising pigs on Friday, March 3. One notable breed that Knight touched upon was the mangalitsa pig, a breed known for its extreme tufts of hair. This breed was one of the reasons Knight started […]
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Maine Public, News Center Maine, CentralMaine.com, Q106.5 FM, WGME-TV (Channel 13 in Portland), WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WMTW-TV (Channel 8 in Portland) reported on bill, L.D. 512, a bill that would provide 50% tuition vouchers to Maine residents who get a high school diploma between 2023 and 2025, live in Maine at the time they […]
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Literary Hub and Book Riot reported that Morgan Talty, assistant professor of English at the University of Maine, was awarded the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection for his book, “Night of the Living Rez.”
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The Bangor Daily News reported that over 170 University of Maine Singers alumni, families and friends from across the U.S., Europe and Canada will join current University of Maine Singers in their Spring 2023 concert celebrating longtime director emeritus Dennis Cox on Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts […]
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Kate Garland, horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about trap cropping, a technique in which people use certain plants in their gardens and fields that attract pests and steer them away from more desirable crops, flowers, produce and other vegetation. “Trap cropping comes under the umbrella of […]
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The Livermore Falls Advertiser featured a story about Bella Russo, a new education assistant with University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Franklin County. Her work focuses on the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. Russo said “the job does center around things that I’m pretty passionate about, like community health, food justice and food access, […]
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The Bangor Daily News promoted the upcoming Concert for a Cause, to be performed by the University of Maine Concert Band in partnership with Leonard Middle School and Reeds Brook Middle School to benefit a local charity. This year’s beneficiary will be the Bangor Humane Society. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. March […]
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The Daily Bulldog, Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop about shiitake mushroom production from 5:30–7 p.m. on April 5 at Franklin County Extension Office, 138 Pleasant St., Farmington. More information is available on the UMaine Extension website.
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The VillageSoup promoted an upcoming professional development program offered by the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast about nonviolent communication in classroom settings. The in-person program will be held from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. April 28. More information available on the Hutchinson Center website.
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The Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com noted that University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s NorthStar 4-H Youth Mentoring program received a $120,000 donation from Norway Savings Bank.
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