The Bangor Daily News ran a story about the University of Maine Flagship Match Program that helped bring in 2,447 first-year students for the fall 2016 semester, compared with 2,012 a year ago. Of those students who indicated they’d be attending in fall 2016, 1,123 are from outside the state, according to the report, compared […]
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A number of media outlets reported the University of Maine softball team captured the America East championship and will play 16th-ranked Georgia in the NCAA tournament opener Friday in Athens, Georgia. The Portland Press Herald, WCSH6, WABI (Channel 5) and Bangor Daily News were among the outlets to report the news.
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University of Maine archaeologist Dan Sandweiss was quoted in an article in “Science” about stone tools and butchered mastodon bones dating to 14,550 years ago being found at the bottom of a Florida river. That’s about 1,000 years before scientists previously thought humans were in the New World. “It’s still a limited number of really […]
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Several media outlets reported on the University of Maine baseball team’s celebration of its 1976 and 1986 College World Series squads. Players and coaches from those John Winkin-coached teams that made it to Ohama attended the Black Bears’ weekend contests with Stony Brook at Mahaney Diamond. The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported […]
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Keep Me Current reported Ron Fournier, a certified firearm and archery safety instructor for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and summer camp director at the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond, will lead a hands-on introduction to archery workshop May 21 at the Maine Wildlife Park in […]
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A report created by the Maine Spruce Budworm Task Force was cited in a WLBZ (Channel 2) report on the next cyclical infestation of the pest that could cause severe economic damage to the state’s forest products industry. Described as the most damaging forest insect in North America, the spruce budworm is already killing trees […]
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for a report about the warmer weather bringing more insects to Maine. Dill warned that “because of the mild winter, we expect and have seen that the population of ticks are good.” He added that because ticks have a […]
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Members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the University of Maine spoke with WABI for a two-part report on sexual assaults on college campuses. Every year, the fraternity raises thousands of dollars for Rape Response Services of Bangor during its Sleep Out, according to the report. “We’re making our strong stance against sexual assault,” […]
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The Free Press reported the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole will offer “Applied Methods in Shellfish Farming,” an intensive, hands-on workshop from June 20–24. Chris Davis, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, will lead the workshop that will introduce practical methods of cultivating commercially important bivalve molluscs, including oysters, mussels, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported Eleanor Pooler of Solon was awarded the 4-H Volunteer Outstanding Lifetime Award. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Program presented the award during a luncheon at UMaine on Wednesday. Pooler has led the Solon Pine Tree 4-H Club for 51 years. She joined Franklin […]
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