Before school let out for the summer, WABI (Channel 5) reported members of the University of Maine football team escorted students to Vine Street School in Bangor as part of the Maine Walking School Bus Program. The program provides area schools with an alternative form of transportation and special guests to get them there, according […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on youth summer sports camps held at the University of Maine. During a talk with members of the high school football camp, University of Maine football head coach Joe Harasymiak shared what he hopes players of all ages can gain in the summer to be ready for […]
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Lancaster Farming reported the Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District, in collaboration with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; AgMatters LLC; and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is offering a produce safety alliance grower training July 21 in Augusta. The course is for fruit and vegetable growers and others interested in […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), College Baseball Daily and 92.9 FM The Ticket reported Nick Derba has been named head coach of the University of Maine baseball team, effective July 1. Derba, who assumed the role as interim head coach in December 2016, becomes the team’s 25th head coach. “I’m very […]
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Kate McCarty, food preservation community education assistant for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) about the most economical ways to preserve food that is grown in the garden. McCarty said freezing is the most cost-effective method at an average of 41 cents per pound, followed by hot water bath canning […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Karen Keim, director of the Maine Educational Opportunity Center, for an article about low enrollment in the federally funded program based at the University of Maine. MEOC targets the nearly three-fourths of Maine adults who don’t have at least a bachelor’s degree, offering help to overcome some of the […]
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VillageSoup reported Sam Belknap, executive director of the Herring Gut Learning Center in Port Clyde, will address members of the Spruce Head Community Hall and Historical Association on July 10. Herring Gut teaches students in grades 6 through 12 to embrace learning, Its goal is to encourage the preservation and economic development of coastal communities […]
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The Free Press and Bangor Daily News reported on an exhibit at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast that features photography and artwork illustrating the diverse research activities of students, faculty and staff of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. About two-thirds of the art exhibitors are current or former CCI students, including Jill Pelto, […]
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Seacoast Online and Foster’s Daily Democrat reported members of the University of Maine Police Department will climb Mount Katahdin on June 24 as part of the national Cops on Top 2017 Summit for Heroes Memorial Climb. Cops on Top is a team of volunteers from the law enforcement and public safety community who undertake mountain […]
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The Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release announcing Alison Rieser, an environmental lawyer and University of Hawai’i at Manoa professor, will deliver a talk titled “The Herring’s Empire” on June 30 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The Friday Science Seminar talk at 10:30 a.m. in Brooke Hall […]
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