The Associated Press and Boothbay Register reported an introduction to growing grapes commercially in Maine will be held 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Augusta Civic Center. The workshop, which is designed for growers interested in small-scale grape production, will focus on basic site requirements and preparation, plant selection and care, trellising and pruning […]
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Mainebiz reported the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and its partners are expanding next year’s Top Gun entrepreneurship program to include companies in the aquaculture sector. MCED announced applications are now being accepted for Top Gun 2018, an acceleration program that has helped more than 175 startups since 2009, according to the article. Partnering with […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by two University of Maine graduate students, titled “GOP tax plan will place greater tax burden on Maine’s graduate students.” The piece was written by Camerin Seigars, who is studying mechanical engineering, and Walter McCulley III, who is studying psychology. Both are senators in the UMaine Graduate […]
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The Times Record reported Dana Morse, an aquaculture researcher with Maine Sea Grant who works at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, will be the keynote speaker at the Bath Middle School Ocean Sustainability Exhibition. Seventh-grade students will host the event at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14. The exhibition shares the seventh grade marine ecosystem […]
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David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Morning Sentinel article about business booming at Central Maine Wreath in Skowhegan. Fuller said it’s hard to know the full economic impact of fir tipping and wreath making, as the industry is not monitored by […]
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Maine Startups Insider reported a medical simulation startup founded by University of Maine students was selected to receive funding and training from VentureWell, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that supports science and technology entrepreneurs. The company, Zephyrus Simulation LLC, began after a group of biomedical engineering students developed a $500 prototype of a manikin with a diaphragm […]
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David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by The Ellsworth American for the article, “Market glut hits blueberry growers hard.” This year, many wild blueberry growers in Hancock and Washington counties left portions or entire fields unraked as the price of berries plummeted, according to the article. A […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) reported a new potato variety developed by the Maine Potato Board and University of Maine is selling well at supermarkets. Hannaford began selling Caribou Russet potatoes in November. Bags of the potato variety, which come from Irving Farms in Caribou, are available in 94 stores across Maine and in […]
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The Ellsworth American published the opinion piece, “Deeper insight needed on North Korea,” by Hugh Curran, who teaches courses in Peace and Reconciliation Studies at the University of Maine.
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Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with The Washington Post for an article about how President Donald Trump is pushing Maine Gov. Paul LePage to run for the U.S. Senate. Trump has told White House advisers that he plans to call Republican LePage, who endorsed him in February 2016, […]
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