Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “With more varieties and growing demand, seaweed is Maine’s crop to watch.” Redmond, who collaborates with commercial seaweed producers such as Maine Fresh Sea Farms in Bristol, began […]
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A tweet written by Michael Socolow, a communication and journalism professor at the University of Maine, was included in the Politico article, “Cable networks blasted after showing live footage inside Calif. killers’ apartment.” MSNBC, CNN and Fox received swift blowback for broadcasting live footage from inside the apartment of the husband and wife who killed […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was cited in the Portland Press Herald’s latest column in the Maine Gardener series. The article focused on gift ideas for gardeners. For do-it-yourself types, the author suggested giving material — lumber and strapping — to build bee houses. The author also advised including a printed copy of the […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News articles on Lewiston’s mayoral runoff election between progressive activist Ben Chin and conservative incumbent Robert Macdonald. “I think the Lewiston mayor’s race is a microcosm of American politics as a whole right now,” Brewer […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported Blue Current sake, a rice wine made in Maine, is available for purchase in southern parts of the state. The Blue Current brewery was launched this year in a 2,300-square-foot facility in Kittery by Dan Ford, according to the article. Ford designed most of the equipment and students at the […]
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Charles Armstrong, a cranberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about Cherryfield Foods announcing it will stop farming cranberries. The 2015 season was difficult, with prices dropping as low as 12 cents per pound for wet harvested cranberries, according to the article. Several of Maine’s […]
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The University of Maine report, “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 Update,” was cited in a Free Press article on climate change preparedness. The “States at Risk Project,” a collaboration of the climate science news organization Climate Central and consulting firm ICF International, recently gave Maine a grade of D for the state’s efforts to prepare for […]
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Steve Barkan, a sociology professor at the University of Maine and author of “Criminology: A Sociological Understanding (6th Edition),” was quoted in a Bangor Daily News analysis on why Maine crimes go unreported. Although crime throughout Maine hit a 40-year low last year, only one in five crimes were reported to police, according to the […]
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Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center which is developing offshore wind technology, was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Wind power ‘critical’ to combating climate change, advocacy group says.” Representatives from Environment Maine, a Portland-based environmental advocacy group, unveiled a report Tuesday at Bangor City Hall […]
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The Republican Journal reported Jose Cordero III has been appointed the new assistant director for student and academic services at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. In his new role, Cordero will oversee student support services at the center, including academic advising, admissions, financial aid, academic accommodations, degree completion and career counseling. He […]
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