WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News advanced the Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference to be held May 30–June 1 at the University of Maine. The conference will feature events, panels, presentations and concerts celebrating the unique history of Maine, its peoples, culture, politics, art and music, the reports state. Registration is online and […]
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Pine Tree Watch interviewed Amy Fried, a professor of political science at the University of Maine, for an article about whether U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will run in 2020, and potential challengers to her seat. “At this point it certainly looks like she’s running. I know she’s been going around the country raising money,” said […]
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The Piscataquis Observer reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Piscataquis County Extension Association will distribute 400 locally grown tomato seedlings June 1 at the Black Fly Festival in Milo, and Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays beginning 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. June 3 at the UMaine Extension office in Dover-Foxcroft until they’re gone. This is the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) previewed the annual Clean Sweep Sale at the University of Maine, scheduled for 11 a.m.–5 p.m. May 24 and 8 a.m.–1 p.m. May 25 this year. The sale will be held in Alfond Arena, and proceeds will benefit the on-campus food pantry and student volunteer projects through the Bodwell Center for Service […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the Orono Bog Boardwalk opens for its 17th season May 24. Located on the eastern edge of the Rolland F. Perry City Forest — commonly known as the Bangor City Forest — the boardwalk is jointly managed by the University of Maine, city of Bangor and the Orono Land Trust. Since […]
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Pine Tree Watch spoke with Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine, for an article about landscaping with a focus on ecological health rather than pristine appearance to protect species in danger of extinction. Insects — one group that faces population decline — support birds, bats […]
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A Bangor Daily News article cited a January 2019 study by the Maine Brewers’ Guild and Andrew Crawley, an assistant professor in the University of Maine School of Economics. The article focused on a new economic impact study of Maine’s beer industry, commissioned by the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the Beer Institute, that found […]
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Mount Desert Islander and The Ellsworth American previewed a talk by Lauren Ross, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, at 4:10 p.m. June 4 at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. Ross will discuss the dynamics of Trenton’s Jordan River Estuary, according to the article. The free […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine hosted the Maine Department of Education’s annual Maine Learning Through Technology Initiative (MLTI) Student Conference on May 23. About 1,200 elementary and middle school students attended the conference, according to the reports.
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News Center Maine quoted Rick Wahle, director of the University of Maine Lobster Institute, in an article on the effects of climate change in Maine. Data from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute shows that temperatures in the Gulf have warmed about 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit since 1982, according to the article. Andrew Pershing, chief scientific […]
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