The Associated Press interviewed University of Maine student Sam Saucier for a report about how a large turnout of young voters could sway tight races in Maine on Election Day. Ballot questions on raising the minimum wage and legalizing the recreational use of marijuana could attract Maine’s younger voters, disenchanted with the presidential candidates, to […]
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The University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources is using new technologies to create multidimensional views of the forestlands that feed one of the state’s most important industries, according to WABI (Channel 5). At a weekend meeting of the Maine chapter of the Society of American Foresters, the school demonstrated the 3-D maps of the […]
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Philip Trostel, a professor of economics at the University of Maine, spoke with the Morning Sentinel for an article about Question 4 on the state’s ballot. Many restaurant workers in central Maine who make their living off tips say they are concerned about their future if voters approve an increase that would raise the minimum […]
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The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine was mentioned in an article published by The Atlantic that looked at changes in the lobster fishing industry. The article featured an interview with a fisherman from Vinalhaven, Maine, who discussed changes, including fishing and population stress as well as climate change, and how they affect the […]
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Maine Public Radio spoke with Jane Smith, chairwoman of the University of Maine’s Modern Languages and Classics Department, for a story on the challenge of retaining the already limited supply of foreign language teachers in Maine’s public schools. Smith told the network about two of her students, both French speakers from Africa, who taught at […]
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The Bangor Daily News quoted Charles Armstrong, a cranberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a story on the this year’s strong cranberry crop in Maine. Many farms in Maine produced small cranberry crops in the 19th century, the story noted. But the state’s commercial cranberry industry had disappeared by the early […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) for a report about a rematch between Republican Senate President Mike Thibodeau and Democrat Jonathan Fulford. The politicians ran for state Senate in 2014, and after a recount, Thibodeau was declared the winner by just over 100 votes, according […]
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University of Maine police are investigating the theft of catalytic converters from at least nine cars parked in campus lots last weekend, reported WLBZ (Channel 2) and the Associated Press. “What these individuals do, they go underneath the car and saw these things off and then go,” Roland LaCroix, UMaine chief of police, told the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on Senior Companion, a volunteer program at the University of Maine Center on Aging that provides companionship to isolated, elderly residents. The program has 85 volunteers who visit roughly 350 seniors a week in their homes. Volunteers get a small stipend of $2.65 an hour, plus 30 cents per mile […]
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Charles Armstrong, a cranberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with Maine Public for a report about the state’s cranberry harvest. Maine’s cranberry harvest appears to be strong, despite fears over drought conditions, according to the report. Armstrong said growers across the state have had to irrigate crops to stay ahead of […]
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