The Times Telegram highlighted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension helping residents preserve their food. UMaine Extension offers the “Preserving the Maine Harvest” webinar series, which features new weekly sessions at 2 p.m. every Tuesday through Oct. 27. Register for each webinar on the program webpage to attend the live session or get the link […]
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The University of Maine Career Center and UMaine Graduate School will host the next live University of Maine Virtual Career Exploration and Graduate School Workshop at 2 p.m. July 15. The free public event, available on the UMaine Graduate School YouTube channel, is part of a workshop series that provides resources for career exploration, networking, […]
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The Bangor Daily News included the Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine in a report about libraries in Maine archiving residents’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Matthew Revitt, special collections and Maine shared collection librarian, said he has been collecting revised syllabi from classes that went online, screenshots of web pages and […]
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VillageSoup highlighted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension office in Waldo County participating in a new initiative to tackle food insecurity. Waldo County Bounty is a community fundraising and resource-sharing initiative backed by a coalition of community leaders, farmers, small businesses and other supporters, according to the article. UMaine Extension in Waldo County provides educational […]
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The Wiscasset Newspaper, Boothbay Register and Daily Bulldog and advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s all-season gardening webinar and two updated bulletins for summer berries. The webinar, which will be held noon–1 p.m. Aug. 3, will discuss how to build a small movable greenhouse or low tunnel structure for growing winter greens and boosting spring and summer […]
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The Irregular reported on students from Strong Elementary School competing in the National History Day in Maine contest, co-organized by the University of Maine and the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan. The contest, held virtually this year, is an annual event for teachers and students in grades 6–12 that promotes critical thinking skills through […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), News Center Maine and WGAN Morning News interviewed Alicyn Smart, plant pathologist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about a little-known plant disease spreading across Maine. Black lawn, an opportunistic fungus that attacks dying tissue, has not been seen in Maine for at least three decades. But Smart […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Lisa Carter, a career counselor with the University of Maine Career Center, and Jason Aylmer, a recruitment specialist with the Graduate School, about the recently launched Virtual Career Exploration and Graduate School Workshop Series. Aylmer notes that the focus of these workshops is on helping the community by supporting displaced workers. […]
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CentralMaine.com reported on the upcoming University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar on the topic of safely harvesting Maine wild blueberries during COVID-19. The webinar runs noon–1 p.m. July 14. All Maine wild blueberry growers are invited to join the discussion by Zoom or telephone for updates on ways to minimize the spread of COVID-19 during […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers two updated bulletins for summer berries. “Raspberry and Blackberry Varieties for Maine” includes information on the different types of brambles — from yellow raspberries to thornless blackberries — propagation methods and how to choose the best stock and plants for a given location. The bulletin also offers online instructional […]
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