The Republican Journal included 2016 Maine drug overdose death figures in an article about how after some hesitation, Belfast’s police chief is preparing to equip officers with the opioid antidote Narcan. The state attorney general’s office reported there were 372 drug overdose deaths in 2016, 317 of which were caused by at least one opioid. […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was cited in an answer to a Sun Journal reader’s question about where rhubarb can be obtained locally to grow. Rhubarb does well when it is split and replanted every so often, according to the article. Since it is a fairly common backyard plant, there could be a friend, […]
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A recent University of Maine study commissioned by AARP Maine was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Midlife Mainers should know about these changes in Social Security.” The report shows that, statewide, retirement savings are on the decline while seniors’ dependency on public assistance is growing, according to the article. The study was conducted […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed University of Maine graduate student Elizabeth “Betsy” Trenckmann about her research and career goals. Trenckmann is about to graduate with a Master of Science in Teaching and has accepted a job at Hermon High School. For her thesis, Trenckmann designed a biology lesson focused on active learning, under the guidance of […]
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A University of Maine video on the state’s aquaculture industry and related research was featured on Science360. For more than four decades, UMaine has conducted research and provided educational outreach related to the farming of aquatic organisms, such as finfish, shellfish or sea vegetables. In 2014, that support took a giant step forward with the […]
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Maine Startups Insider reported [Re]Produce, a company that wants to turn Maine farmers’ surplus into high-end locally sourced frozen food, won the sixth annual UMaine Business Challenge. Anita van Dam and Grace Burchard, both students at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, took home the first-place $5,000 cash award, which van Dam said the […]
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Penobscot Bay Press reported Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will be part of a panel discussion about ticks in Blue Hill. The May 18 talk is hosted by the Blue Hill Heritage Trust as part of its Spring Speaker Series. All talks are free and open […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “In absence of diversity, stereotypes take hold in Maine,” by Jordan LaBouff, an assistant professor of psychology and honors at the University of Maine, and Andrew Tomer, a graduate student in psychology at UMaine.
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The Republican Journal reported Fort Knox State Historic Site and Penobscot Narrows Observatory in Prospect are now open for the 2017 season. Both attractions will be open daily until Oct. 31. Activities this season include a new event June 24, which will feature laser projection and performing artists produced by the Coaction Lab in association […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on a disaster simulation held at the University of Maine for students in the School of Nursing and University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC). The event featured a simulated active shooter and about 20 actors with a range of injuries to provide hands-on training for 40 UMaine […]
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