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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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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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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The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced the Waldo County Extension Association’s free fourth annual Waldo County farmer and food producer winter potluck dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association exhibition hall in Unity. A dinner theater featuring local farmers in skits focused on farm health and safety begins […]
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Justin Wolff will be among the guests to talk about the exhibit “Rufus Porter’s Curious World: Art and Invention in America, 1815–1860” at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art at 1 p.m. Jan. 29 on Maine Public’s Maine Calling. The University of Maine professor of art history co-curated the exhibition and co-edited and contributed to […]
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Turner Publishing advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s wild blueberry conference Feb. 22 at Hollywood Casino in Bangor. For more information, contact Mary Michaud, 207.581.3175; mary.j.michaud@maine.edu, visit the conference website or contact UMaine Extension blueberry specialist Lily Calderwood, 207.581.3193; lily.calderwood@maine.edu.
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Fiddlehead Focus posted information about a Feb. 19 healthy soil workshop for farmers coordinated by Maine Farmland Trust, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District, Central Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District and farmers at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. A number of UMaine-affiliated experts will take part. […]
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Editor’s note: Due to inclement weather, this event has been canceled for Feb. 6. University of Maine faculty, staff and students will be in the Hall of Flags in the State House 8–11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 to showcase how Maine’s flagship university makes a difference in all 16 counties. University of Maine Cooperative Extension […]
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Penobscot Bay Pilot reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Maine Families program in Waldo County has been awarded $152,978 from Maine Children’s Trust for a six-month contract in support of expectant families and families of newborns as part of Maine Families statewide. The program is at no cost to recipients and is an evidence-based […]
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Republican Journal reported the University of Maine still has spots available in two professional development courses: a new aquaculture systems workshop at the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin, and a three-day certificate program in project management at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The aquaculture workshop runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays […]
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