The Bangor Daily News reported a group linked to a controversial Las Vegas developer is gathering signatures to convince Maine voters to grant the developer rights to a York County casino via a 2016 referendum. The campaign is drawing attention for misleading tactics, according to the article. Robert Glover, an assistant professor of political science […]
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The 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration scheduled to be held at the University of Maine on Jan. 18 was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Agreement with NAACP allows Maine chapters to hold King holiday events.” The Greater Bangor NAACP and UMaine will sponsor the breakfast at the Wells Conference Center […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing “Astonishing! The Songs and Stories of Broadway’s Best,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Collins Center for the Arts. A 50-member student, faculty and alumni orchestra, as well as 30-plus vocalists, will perform selections from Broadway musicals at the third annual School […]
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Lisa Liberatore, Top Gun regional program coordinator, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) about the Top Gun entrepreneurship accelerator program. Liberatore said applications are currently being accepted for the 2016 Top Gun Maine Bangor Region Class. The area’s entrepreneurs with aspirations to achieve high growth through innovation will compete for a limited number of seats in […]
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The Bangor Daily News, The Maine Edge and Village Soup reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will open three new exhibitions for winter 2016 beginning Jan. 15. “Three-Sided Dream” by Jon Davis, “Studiolo” by Richard Whitten and “thick skinned” by Dan Dowd will be on display at the museum until […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute, spoke about his recent 4.5-week trek to recover ice cores in South Georgia on “207,” a news program on WLBZ (Channel 2) and WCSH (Channel 6). Part I of the interview aired Monday, Jan. 11. Part II will air Tuesday, Jan. 12.
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Joline Blais, a new media professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the National Geographic article, “How these communities save energy — and time for what matters.” The article focused on the rising popularity of modern-day villages, known as cohousing, where people seek a greater connection with the environment and each other. Blais […]
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The Associated Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has distributed more food through its Maine Harvest for Hunger program in 2015 than in any year in the program’s 15-year history. The program, which organizes farmers, businesses, gardeners, schools and civic groups to donate food, gave more than 318,000 pounds of food to 188 […]
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Patricia Oh, coordinator of older adult services in Bowdoinham, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Morning Edition.” She spoke as part of a monthlong series that focuses on the challenges faced by Maine’s increasing population of older adults and how public policy is addressing them. Oh and other guests in the […]
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A full-day seminar organized by Gary Anderson, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and animal and bio-sciences specialist, was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Ceding the farm in Maine takes planning and sometimes creativity.” Anderson helps organize daylong seminars on land transfer planning in New England that cover many aspects of transitioning […]
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