Editor’s note: Story updated Feb. 7. The 2019 Maryann Hartman Awards recognizing the inspirational achievements of Maine women will be presented to retired professor of economics and women and gender studies Susan F. Feiner of Portland, Deputy Attorney General and Chief of the Criminal Division for the State of Maine Lisa Marchese Eames of Cumberland Center, […]
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VillageSoup reported Elizabeth Stanley, a community education assistant with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will give a talk about container gardens at 10 a.m. Feb. 12 at the Camden Public Library. The event is sponsored by the Camden Garden Club and is part of the club’s Winter Horticulture series. Attendees will learn about growing in […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art will extend its free admission policy for the public in 2019, thanks to a gift from Deighan Wealth Advisors, a wealth management firm that is a longtime UMAA sponsor and arts supporter in the region and state. “As a cultural outreach resource for the University of Maine, we […]
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WABI (Channel 5) quoted Sharon Klein, an associate professor of economics at the University of Maine, in a report on work to insulate Maine homes by the volunteer organization WindowDressers. According to WABI, the Rockland-based organization held 33 workshops around the state this season, including the final one in Bangor recently, for volunteers to build […]
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Morning Ag Clips announced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering 4-H Embryology Project Kits on loan to Cumberland County youth organizations. The cost to rent a kit is $10; the fee can be waived for qualifying institutions. A $50 deposit in check form also is required and will be given back when equipment […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Mainebiz reported the Maine 4-H Foundation has purchased the 64-acre Greenland Point Center in Princeton. The foundation plans to convert the land, which previously was a children’s camp for many years, into a new camp for University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H, according to the articles. Located on a peninsula […]
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Mindy Crandall, an assistant professor of forest landscape management and economics at the University of Maine, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) about University of Maine Day at the Maine Statehouse in Augusta Jan. 29. Students, faculty and staff from UMaine, including some from the institution’s College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture and Cooperative Extension, […]
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Habib Dagher, executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, will provide an update Feb. 6 to the UMaine community on a floating offshore wind project aimed at developing a clean, renewable energy source off Maine’s coast. Dagher, the principal investigator of the Aqua Ventus offshore wind program, will […]
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The Times Record previewed a free Feb. 8 presentation by Liam Riordan, a professor of history at the University of Maine, on the roots of statehood in advance of Maine’s bicentennial in 2020. Riordan will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Brunswick. According to the article, “Bicentennial Beginnings: Setting the Stage […]
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The Republican Journal reported Glen Koehler, associate scientist of integrated pest management with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will give a talk on “Farm Response to Changing Weather” at the annual winter potluck of the Waldo County Extension Association on Feb. 16 at United Farmers Market of Maine in Belfast. All area farmers and growers […]
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