Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Extension course on pruning woody landscape plants. The four-part course will be held 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. March 21 and 28, and April 4 and 11 at the Penobscot County Extension Office in Bangor. Each session will include classroom instruction and hands-on practice. Participants will gain experience pruning […]
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The Portland Press Herald quoted David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in an article about local garlic. Fuller said local garlic production is on the rise, even if evidence so far is only anecdotal. He led The Maine Garlic Project from 2010 to 2013 to encourage […]
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The New York Times cited research by Pankaj Agrrawal, an associate professor of finance at the University of Maine, in the article, “Real Estate Funds Have Been a Balm in a Stinging Market.” Real estate funds have recently edged ahead of the overall stock market by betting on old-fashioned assets like office buildings and warehouses, […]
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The Architect’s Newspaper quoted Russell Edgar, senior lab operations and wood composites manager for the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, in the article, “The U.S. mass timber industry is maturing while it branches out.” The U.S. mass timber industry is expanding based on demand for wood buildings across the country. […]
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The Biddeford Journal Tribune, Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips advanced a five-week beginner bee school offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Beekeepers Association (MSBA). Sessions will be held 6–8:30 p.m. Thursdays from Feb. 7 through March 7 at the Springvale Public Library. Larry Peiffer, master beekeeper and former vice president of […]
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Columbia Journalism Review quoted Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, in the article, “Condoned by Trump, press attacks hit local reporters hard.” There appears to be a growing trend of hostility toward journalists, not just at the national level but increasingly at the local level as well, […]
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The Associated Press, The Baltimore Sun, CNN, Bethesda Magazine and Chesapeake Bay Magazine cited a statistic from the University of Maine Lobster Institute in a report on a calico lobster found in a shipment last month from Maine to Ocean City Seafood in Silver Spring, Maryland. The lobster is being held in a special tank and might be […]
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The Sun Journal quoted Amy Fried, a professor of political science at the University of Maine, in an article about possible efforts to overturn ranked-choice voting. Some leaders in the Maine Republican Party, including former Gov. Paul LePage, are looking for ways to repeal ranked-choice voting, according to the article. Fried said an effort to […]
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The Republican Journal and Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel previewed a talk by Eleanor Groden, a professor of entomology at the University of Maine. Groden will discuss the health hazards of browntail moths and recommended management strategies for dealing with them at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Palermo Community Library. The event is free and […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine will host a free lunar eclipse viewing Jan. 20 and 21, and quoted Shawn Laatsch, director of the center, in the report. The eclipse will begin at 9:36 p.m. Jan. 20 and last until 2:48 a.m. the following day. The complete totality […]
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