Griffin Dill and Kate Garland talked with the Bangor Daily News about ticks and gardening. “Gardening-yard work” was the most common activity during which people encountered ticks, according to the 2019 Maine Tick Surveillance Program Annual Report. “I think sometimes that people have misconceptions about where they’re most likely to encounter ticks,” said Dill, who […]
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The Palliative Players of Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County will present the improv theater production “End Stage” from 9 a.m. to noon March 10 at Buchanan Alumni House. Through unscripted role-playing, the performers act out possible end-of-life scenarios and conversations in families challenged by serious illness. The performances explore decisions and wishes that arise in […]
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The UMaine Arctic Initiative, in collaboration with the Office of Research Development, will hold a workshop titled “Strengthening the impact of your Arctic research,” from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, in the Bangor Room of Memorial Union. Panelists Laura Millay, research and evaluation coordinator at the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education; […]
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92.9 The Ticket radio station advanced the Woodsmen Team’s meet from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29 at Witter Farm. Team president Alexandra Karter invites the public to watch the traditional timber sports — including sawing, chopping, ax-throwing and chainsaw events. Teams from Colby, Unity and Dartmouth colleges and the University of New […]
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World-renowned climate scientist and explorer Paul Mayewski and glaciochemist Mariusz Potocki will give a free, public talk titled “The University of Maine’s Role in the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Extreme Mt. Everest Expedition,” 5:30–6:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 in the auditorium at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The goal of the two-month multinational, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s annual Maine Grain Conference is 9 a.m.–3:45 p.m. March 13 at the Black Bear Inn and Conference Center, 4 Godfrey Drive, Orono. Topics include farming grain organically on Prince Edward Island, value-added farm enterprises, malt barley varieties for local brewers, marketing strategies, the role of UMaine’s Pilot Plant, and grain […]
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WGME reported on Maine’s first CubeSat — a small research spacecraft selected by NASA to fly as an auxiliary payload aboard a rocket. The University of Maine and University of Southern Maine are providing CubeSat design, development, integration and testing. And Saco Middle School, Fryeburg Academy and Falmouth High School are developing payloads for experiments. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s five-session course for aspiring farmers starts 5:30–8:30 p.m. March 3, at the UMaine Extension office, 24 Main St., Lisbon Falls. The class meets weekly through March 31. Remote access and participation will be available by live streaming. “So, You Want to Farm in Maine?” is designed for those wanting to […]
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Lily Calderwood talked with WABI (Channel 5) and News Center Maine at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Wild Blueberry Conference on Saturday in Bangor. “This is a time for the university to share with growers all the research-based education that we do,” said the University of Maine wild blueberry specialist and assistant professor of […]
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Women’s basketball coach Amy Vachon promoted the University of Maine’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration on WABI (Channel 5). Festivities included a Youth Sports Fair; talks by leaders, including Black Bear coaches Edniesha Curry and Josette Babineau; and the women’s basketball contest with Stony Brook. News Center Maine attended the event and […]
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