The Free Press reported researchers, technologists, lake volunteers and water quality specialists spoke about the connections between blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, blooms and human health at the 2017 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference. Sponsored by the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and the U.S. Geological Survey, the annual water […]
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Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by Bangor Daily News for the article, “Pest experts predict bad tick, mosquito season for Northeast.” The article states pests may be especially abundant this spring in the Northeast, according to the Bug Barometer, a bi-annual report produced by […]
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Amherst News and the Citizen-Record out of Nova Scotia, Canada, cited a data analysis by the University of Maine in an article on fish monitoring at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) tidal power site in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. The UMaine analysis found mean relative fish densities were the same after deployment of […]
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A study by Sandra Butler, a University of Maine social work professor, was cited in a Free Press article on news out of Augusta. Although the level of extreme poverty in Maine has spiked by 50 percent since the governor began cutting welfare programs in 2011, Republicans are hoping to prevent even more low-income people […]
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Dana Morse and Chris Bartlett, professionals with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, were quoted in a Down East magazine article on the state’s aquaculture industry. Maine’s traditional fishing culture is on the verge of forced change, the article states, but fishermen have been wary of an aquacultural shift. In […]
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Doug Gardner, a professor of forest operations, bioproducts and bioenergy at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for an article about how the lucrative European wood chip market has the potential to rejuvenate the forest products sector in Maine. Wood chips, which are burned for fuel in biomass energy plants, are in strong […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2), Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7) and WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) reported Amy Vachon will serve as the interim head coach of the University of Maine women’s basketball team for the 2017–18 season. Head coach Richard Barron, who began an extended medical leave in […]
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Michael Socolow, a professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Politico article “Not in defense of Bill O’Reilly.” Since sexual harassment claims have been made against the Fox News Channel host, at least 47 advertisers have dumped their buys on his show, “The O’Reilly Factor,” according to the […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Kids Can Grow program was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Try these 3 ways to green your household.” The article offered three signposts to help ease the challenge of trying to live with a lighter environmental footprint. Under the tip, “Think in cycles,” the article suggested inviting […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on Alpha Omicron Pi sorority’s 15th annual Mr. Fraternity pageant held at the Collins Center for the Arts. The fundraiser for the Arthritis Foundation asked the 13 participants to work for donations from the crowd and compete in a variety of categories, according to the report. “We think it’s great to […]
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