University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Waldo County Extension Association are hosting the 25th annual Rural Living Day 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. April 6 at Mount View High School in Thorndike. Participants can choose from 24 different workshops on topics that include backyard beekeeping; solar energy; Amish technology; growing hops, fruit trees, medicinal herbs, strawberries or […]
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Maine Impact Week celebrates University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond. The public is invited to attend multiple events highlighting the impact of research and creative work produced by Maine’s research university the week of April 8–13. The featured event is the […]
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The Piscataquis Observer, Penobscot Bay Pilot and Z107.3 reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting tick samples for tick-borne disease testing at the new UMaine Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory in Orono. Maine residents can submit ticks for testing for the most common tick-borne diseases —Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis — for $15 per sample; […]
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Morning Ag Clips announced applications for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Food Preserver program are now available, with a deadline of 4:30 p.m. May 3. Program sessions will meet primarily 5:30–8:30 p.m. Tuesdays June 18–Sept. 17 at UMaine Extension in Falmouth and at Brunswick High School. The 35-hour course combines lecture, discussion and […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine’s chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers is hosting this year’s regional conference April 13–14. About 370 students are expected to participate in the conference, which will include a steel bridge building competition, networking activities and a concrete canoe racing competition in Old Town. Past canoes […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is now accepting tick samples for tick-borne disease testing. Maine residents can have ticks tested for the pathogens that cause the three most common tick-borne diseases — Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis — for $15 per sample. Species identification of tick samples continues to be free. Testing is done at […]
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The Republican Journal advanced a talk about pollinator-friendly gardens to be given by Master Gardener Jean Vose at the Waldo County Extension Homemakers’ meeting on April 11 at the Waldo Town Hall/Community Building. Vose will discuss “Creating a Pollinator-Friendly Garden” at 12:30 p.m. Waldo County Extension Homemakers is part of Maine Extension Homemakers, which has […]
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Morning Ag Clips announced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension four-week course in adaptive gardening will begin April 10. The class meetings will be noon–2:30 p.m., with remaining sessions on April 17 and 24, and May 1. All sessions will be held at the UMaine Extension Penobscot County office in Bangor. The course is for […]
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VillageSoup previewed a talk by Bryan Peterson, an assistant professor of environmental horticulture at the University of Maine, at noon April 9 at Merryspring Nature Center in Camden. Peterson will discuss some of the lesser-known plants of Maine, including their place in the natural landscape, their virtues, and their prospects for greater adoption in gardens […]
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The Associated Press and VillageSoup advanced the annual meeting of the Maine Invasive Species Network, to be held April 3 at the Strand Theatre in Rockland. University of Maine Cooperative Extension is a partner of the network and helped organize the meeting, which is expected to draw more than 100 attendees this year. Invasive species […]
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