The Maine Spruce Budworm Task Force has launched a new website designed to be a communications outreach tool and resource for the coming outbreak in the state. The site and companion Facebook page were designed and developed by task force members from the Maine Forest Service, Maine Forest Products Council, Maine Tree Foundation and the […]
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The Sun Journal published an article about a friendship that was formed through the University of Maine Center on Aging’s Senior Companion Program. Dee Farr, a 55-year-old Oxford resident who has mobility issues, was introduced to Katey Coffin, 65, of Norway, a senior companion with the program. The two ultimately formed a working relationship as […]
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Bangor’s Classic Rock Station I-95 (95.7 FM) advanced University of Maine Homecoming events slated for Oct. 14–16, including the annual UMaine Alumni Association Craft Fair, as well as men’s ice hockey and football games. More information about Homecoming is online.
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Fogler Library at the University of Maine will host a free introductory workshop for students who are interested in coding. The workshop will be held 6–8 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Library Classroom. It will provide attendees with an introductory knowledge of HTML, CSS and front-end web programming, and also will demonstrate the importance of […]
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Darling Marine Center friends and neighbors are invited to an Autumn Dessert Social to learn about plans for the future of University of Maine’s marine laboratory 6:30–8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19. Seating is limited for the free public event in Brooke Hall on the DMC’s lower waterfront campus; those interested are asked to RSVP by […]
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The University of Maine J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center will host Cabot Creamery Cooperative’s Open Farm Sunday from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. Members of the public are welcome to visit the farm for a family-friendly afternoon of free cheese, apples, games and live bluegrass music. UMaine Applied Dairy Cooperative of Organized Working […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7) reported the Orono Bog Boardwalk will close for the season six weeks earlier to allow for the third phase of the boardwalk reconstruction. Between the Saturday, Oct. 15 closure and the reopening in the spring, 48 more sections of the boardwalk will be replaced, along with one […]
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The University of Maine’s Homecoming 2016 will be celebrated with several events on campus Friday through Sunday, Oct. 14–16. A special highlight this year will be the dedication of the Professor Michael H. Lewis Painting Studio in the Wyeth Family Studio Art Center on campus. The dedication event begins at noon Saturday, Oct. 15 in […]
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The Orono Bog Boardwalk will close at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. The closing is six weeks earlier to allow for the third phase of the boardwalk reconstruction. Between the closure and the reopening in the spring, 48 more sections of the boardwalk will be replaced, along with one interpretive station and one wheelchair turnout. […]
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Beginning in mid-October, 25 Mexican students will be on campus for a four-week English language program, offered by the Intensive English Institute. This is the third program IEI has hosted for students participating in Mexico’s Proyecta 100,000 initiative, which provides government-sponsored scholarships to study English and pursue short-term academic work in the United States. The […]
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