The Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the death of Chuck Peddle, a 1959 graduate of the University of Maine’s engineering program whose 1975 invention of a microprocessor paved the way for the era of personal computing. Peddle died Dec. 15 at the age of 82 at […]
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Maine Public, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News and the Raleigh News & Observer ran an Associated Press story about a University of Maine Cooperative Extension program that has donated 3 million pounds of fresh produce to Maine people since 2000. In 2019, Maine Harvest for Hunger donated more […]
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Griffin Dill and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Identification Lab were included in a Bangor Daily News article about ticks. The lab has tested around 2,000 ticks for Lyme, anaplasmosis and babesiosis since April 1. “Of the 2,000 ticks, we found that roughly 45 percent tested positive for one of the three pathogens,” […]
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Pallavi Prasad cited Judith Rosenbaum’s research about spoilers in her column in The Swaddle. Prasad included a quote from Rosenbaum’s interview with Vox “that a lot of people’s reactions to spoilers depend on the circumstances. It’s not one-size-fits-all. We’ve published several papers that point to personality traits as a factor, for instance, or even the […]
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The Republican Journal, Penobscot Bay Pilot, The Penobscot Times, Morning Ag Clips, The County and Fiddlehead Focus ran a media release that announced University of Maine Cooperative Extension was awarded $38,764 as a one-year Maine Department of Environmental Protection Waste Diversion Grant to develop a statewide pilot program to recycle agricultural greenhouse plastic. The goal is to […]
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The Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal posted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about the Beginning Farmer Resource Network’s free workshops and consultation services for new farmers Jan. 14–16 during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show. The Courier of Montgomery County and Houston Chronicle posted the AP article, and Mainebiz also reported on the workshops. […]
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Mainebiz and WABI (Channel 5) reported Old Town-based James W. Sewall Co. has donated more than 3,000 rolls of film containing about 1 million aerial images to the Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine. The collection contains original aerial photography of Maine and New England captured by Sewall over a span of […]
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Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release advancing a workshop on growing microgreens from 10–11:30 a.m. Jan. 18 at the UMaine Regional Learning Center in Falmouth. UMaine Extension horticultural professional Pamela Hargest will lead the workshop, which will include optimal indoor growing conditions, and the variety of […]
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Penobscot Bay Pilot previewed an aquaculture training course to be offered by Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Maine Aquaculture Association, and Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The course, Aquaculture in Shared Waters, is designed for commercial fishermen and members of fishing families who are interested in diversifying their incomes, […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release announcing UMaine Extension will offer Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show at the Augusta Civic Center. Workshop partners include the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, and AgMatters LLC, […]
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