WVII (Channel 7) covered the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s wild blueberry conference Feb. 28 at the Black Bear Inn in Orono. More than 40 farmers from all over the state attended to discuss best practices for growing, harvesting and selling wild blueberries, according to the report. “Farmers by nature are doers, creative people, and […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and VillageSoup announced a grant writing certificate program at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The intensive program is recommended for nonprofit leaders, executive directors, municipal officials, board members and others interested in creating high-quality grant proposals. The program will be offered April 22–26 and June 10–14. The cost is […]
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The Maine Edge interviewed Peter Schilling, executive director of Innovation in Teaching and Learning at the University of Maine, for an article advancing the America East Hackathon 2019, or Hack AE, to be held at UMaine March 2 and 3. Hack AE, now in its third year, is a 24-hour “civic hackathon” organized by the […]
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Maine Public and the Portland Press Herald quoted Brian Olsen, an associate professor of biology and ecology at the University of Maine, in reports on the debate over whether Maine’s state bird should be the black-capped chickadee or the boreal chickadee. Olsen was one of two ornithologists who spoke to lawmakers Feb. 27, based on […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Hattie Train, president of the Marine Sciences Club at the University of Maine, about a mini-boat test at UMaine on Feb. 27. Students from Bangor-based United Technologies Center tested the 5-foot-long boat, the first of several they are building as part of the Mini-Boat Research Collaboration, an effort to provide […]
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The Mount Desert Islander previewed a reading by essayist and fiction writer Gregory Howard, an associate professor of English at the University of Maine, at 8:30 p.m. March 2 at the Lompoc Cafe in Bar Harbor. Howard is the author of the novel “Hospice,” and his fiction and essays have appeared in several publications. Part […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered Fresh Check Day at the University of Maine, an expo-style event on Feb. 26 aiming to “check in” on the mental health of students and raise awareness about mental health issues and suicide prevention. “We want to make sure that our students know that we are here, that we have someone […]
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Morning Ag Clips advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension fruit tree grafting workshop 9 a.m.–noon March 30 at the UMaine Extension office in Lisbon Falls. The workshop, co-sponsored by Fedco Trees, will include discussion and demonstration of techniques followed by hands-on grafting of a pear tree, which participants can take home. The course fee […]
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Fiddlehead Focus cited a report by Marcella Sorg, a research professor in the Department of Anthropology and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, in the article, “Overdoses, drug trafficking major focus of County law enforcement.” Despite a slight decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in Maine in 2018, Aroostook County still faces […]
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The Daily Bulldog and Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension Produce Safety Alliance grower training course. The course will be offered 9 a.m.–6 p.m. March 29 at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, with a snow date of April 4; and 9 a.m.–6 p.m. April 5 at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Olsen […]
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