Morning Ag Clips, VillageSoup, Centralmaine.com and the Daily Bulldog posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release announcing that it’s offering a training resource for the maple syrup industry as part of the International Maple Syrup Institute Maple Grading School. The Handbook for Maple Grading and Judging Training includes nine videos and related resources designed to […]
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Centralmaine.com ran a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about its webinar that will teach people how to build a movable greenhouse to extend the growing season. UMaine Extension educators Frank Wertheim and Marjorie Peronto will lead the webinar from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3. To register, visit extension.umaine.edu. For more information or […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Wiscasset Newspaper, Morning Ag Clips and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel shared a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about four new live food preservation webinars Tuesdays in August. Freezing fruit is the topic 2–2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4. Register on the program webpage to receive the link and resources. For more […]
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Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System, tuition is waived for all qualified public high school students in the state for as many as 12 college credits per year at the University of Maine or at the University of Maine at Machias. In addition, a reduced tuition […]
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James Dill, pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, talked with the Bangor Daily News about browntail moths, an invasive species that can be hazardous to people. “I’m getting a lot of calls from people wondering what to do about them. I tell people to kill them any way they can,” he said, […]
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Professor of Management Information Systems Nory Jones and students Grace Graham and Julianne Llerena spoke with WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) about Undiscovered Maine. This Maine Business School project uses social media to bring attention to sometimes overlooked areas of the state and small businesses there, including those struggling during the pandemic. “Our regular […]
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August yields some favorite fruits and vegetables for preserving. Learn how to savor summer flavors all year with four new live University of Maine Cooperative Extension food preservation webinars. Freezing fruit is the topic 2–2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4. Topics at the same time on subsequent Tuesdays in August include steam canning, freezing tomatoes and […]
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Registration is open for a six-session restorative practices certificate program offered concurrently from August to November at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast and Union + Co. in Bath. Carrie Sullivan and Sarah Matari from Restorative Justice Project Maine will lead the course, which is part of the Hutchinson Center’s professional development program. […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) was touted in a Mainebiz story for its collaboration with the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership and Manufacturers Association of Maine to help area businesses recover during the pandemic. “COVID has put many manufacturers in a difficult situation. They wish to keep workers safe but still need to […]
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News Center Maine, Business Insider and FOX 22/WFVX Bangor reported that University of Maine and University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers are exploring how to detect and analyze airborne coronavirus droplets using a bioengineered membrane. The team, led by UMaine biomedical engineer Caitlin Howell and UMass Amherst chemical engineer Jessica Schiffman, seeks to develop a membrane […]
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