Outreach

Morning Ag Clips, Turner Publishing report Androscoggin, Sagadahoc county Master Gardener Volunteers program accepting applications

Morning Ag Clips and Turner Publishing reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties is accepting applications. The program meets weekly from 1 to 4:30 p.m. March 30 through June 8, and resumes from late August through October. Classes will be held at Topsham Public Library, according to […]

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‘Check-in’ on student mental health, wellness to be held Feb. 10 

The University of Maine will host Fresh Check Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Atrium outside of the Bookstore in the Memorial Union. The Jordan Porco Foundation created Fresh Check Day to bring the whole campus community together to “check in” on the mental health and wellness of college students.  […]

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Wolff discusses Rufus Porter, exhibit on Maine Calling 

Justin Wolff, professor of art history at the University of Maine, appeared on Maine Calling to talk about Rufus Porter and the Porter exhibit he co-curated at Bowdoin College. Porter (1792–1884), was an artist, inventor, polymath, musician and founder of “Scientific American” magazine. He gained fame as a mural painter; his art often featured scenes […]

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UMaine listed in BDN story about affordable area art offerings 

A number of University of Maine groups and venues are mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about affordable art, music and theater offerings in the area. They included the Collins Center for the Arts, Minsky Recital Hall, the UMaine School of Performing Arts, the University of Maine Museum of Art, Hudson Museum, Page Farm […]

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Advertiser Democrat shares ‘Pork 101’ release

The Advertiser Democrat posted a media release about a University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Oxford County workshop about raising swine on Feb. 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the UMaine Extension office, 9 Olson Road, South Paris. Topics include breed selection, nutrition, housing, health care and more. Extension livestock specialist Colt Knight […]

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Registration open for ‘Growing Hemp in Maine’ conference

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a conference about hemp production from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Friday, March 6, at Jeff’s Catering, 15 Littlefield Drive, Brewer.  Satellite sites will be the UMaine Extension Aroostook County office, 57 Houlton Road, Presque Isle; and the UMaine Extension Somerset County office, 7 County Drive, Skowhegan. “Growing […]

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Foster’s Daily Democrat covers Beal’s clam, green crab presentation

Foster’s Daily Democrat covered a recent talk in Wells by Brian Beal, professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias. Beal shared information about an upcoming project in which wooden recruitment boxes will be used to protect young soft-shell clams on coastal flats from invasive European green crabs. Soft-shell clam landings across […]

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WABI reports volunteers build, donate insulating window inserts

WABI (Channel 5) reported that AmeriCorps members from the University of Maine hosted WindowDressers to build low-cost insulating window inserts to help people save fuel and stay warm. This week, volunteers will build 225 inserts and give more than half to local families. “It’s really great because it helps save them a lot of money […]

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Pen Bay Pilot posts release inviting scholarship applications

Penobscot Bay Pilot posted a University of Maine release announcing that the Waldo County Extension Association, in cooperation with the Maine 4-H Foundation, is accepting applications for a $1,500 scholarship for graduating Waldo County high school seniors. Click here for a link to the application. For more information or to request a paper application, contact […]

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McConnon quoted in PPH piece about growth of specialty food, beverage businesses

James C. McConnon Jr. talked with the Portland Press Herald for its story about the rising number of specialty food and beverage businesses in the state. McConnon, a Cooperative Extension business and economics specialist and economics professor at the University of Maine, said according to federal census data, the number of food and beverage manufacturing […]

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