The Maine Edge advanced scheduled public star shows in April at the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center. Star shows are held throughout the month at 7 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Sundays. On Fridays, viewers can see “To Space and Back.” On Sunday afternoons, younger viewers can experience “In My Backyard.” Admission to all […]
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Seacoast Online reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s statewide Maine Harvest for Hunger program in York County broke all previous records in 2015 with a harvest of 64,705 pounds. The fresh produce was distributed to 37 county donation sites, including food pantries, soup kitchens and low-income senior centers. Fosters.com also published the report.
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about “Signs of the Seasons,” a University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant program that offers multiple training sessions for those interested in identifying and recording seasonal changes in their communities in support of understanding Maine’s changing climate. Volunteers of all ages are […]
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Designing and building low-cost, efficient milking parlors for dairy herds is the focus of a free workshop 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Thursday, April 14 at Kennebec Valley Community College Alfond Campus, Recreation Center, Route 201, Hinckley. Larry Tranel, dairy specialist with Iowa State University Cooperative Extension, will discuss TRANS-Iowa parlors, designed to be more ergonomically friendly, […]
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Members of the University of Maine community and general public are invited to join a bus trip to Portland to tour collections at the Osher Map Library, as well as attend a public lecture and view William Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Portland Public Library. The UMaine Humanities Center (UMHC) and Department of English are […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a presentation by Kathleen Kingsbury, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and deputy managing editor of The Boston Globe. The 2015 award winner for editorial writing spoke at the Bangor Public Library as part of Pulitzer Week. To celebrate 100 years of the Pulitzer Prizes, the University of Maine’s Department of […]
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University of Maine student Jaymi Thibault wrote an article for the Bangor Daily News titled “Bangor wants to know how to communicate with you. Here’s your chance to spill.” Thibault is an undergraduate political science student and member of the Honors College. This year, Thibault will be conducting research in collaboration with the city of […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing ocean technology in New England and Atlantic Canada will be the focus of a conference at UMaine April 27–28. The conference, which is organized by UMaine’s Canadian-American Center and the Maine International Trade Center, will bring together researchers, business leaders and policymakers in ocean […]
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The Ellsworth American reported the Ellsworth Community Music Institute will present the Silver Duo — cellist Noreen Silver and pianist Phillip Silver — in a free concert from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 7 at the General Bryant E. Moore Community Center theater. The husband-and-wife Silver Duo was founded when the musicians were […]
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Registration is open for the 2016 Maine Sea Grant Research Symposium: Research in a Time of Rapid Change. The event will be held from 1–5 p.m. Thursday, April 14 in Buchanan Alumni House on the University of Maine campus. The biennial event serves as a forum for new and seasoned Maine Sea Grant investigators and […]
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