George Kinghorn, director and curator of the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article about arts-related tourism growing in Maine. The article mentioned a Portland Museum of Art exhibition that runs through Sept. 20 and features pieces from UMMA’s permanent collection. “Directors’ Cut: Selections from […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured a University of Maine Cooperative Extension video in the post, “Fall is the best time to plant garlic. This video shows how to do it.” The video features Dave Fuller, an agriculture and non-timber forest professional at the UMaine Cooperative Extension, who offers tips on planting and growing garlic. Fuller […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2), WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) aired segments on a free Football 101 for Women workshop offered by University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County will offer a three-hour workshop on safe food handling on three different dates at the UMaine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth. Cooking for Crowds — Food Safety Training for Volunteer Cooks will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 29, Oct. 14 […]
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In celebration of the Collins Center for the Arts’ 30th anniversary season, the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine will open two exhibitions Sept. 12. That evening, the CCA gala will kick off the season with a concert tribute to the music of Billy Joel and Elton John, a dinner and an awards reception. […]
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For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Maine is hosting two Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants, one in Mandarin Chinese and the other in Arabic. Ming-Tso Chien of Taiwan and Yahya Mahmoud Elsayed of Egypt have been awarded Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program grants to serve as teaching assistants in Mandarin and […]
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The Sun Journal published an article about how thousands of Maine children are interested in farming and are involved with University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H. Last year, Maine had 19,230 4-H participants, with about one in three coming from Oxford County, according to the article. Although the statewide figure is slowly on the decline, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on a public tour of a garden and wildflower plot installed at the Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden by University of Maine researchers in an effort to support the native bee population. “Maine is a very heavily forested state, and we don’t find many bees in the […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured a University of Maine Cooperative Extension video in the post, “Apple picking season is coming up. Here’s an interactive map of Maine orchards.” The video features Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with UMaine Cooperative Extension, who offers tips on apple harvest and storage. Moran suggests people refrigerate apples once […]
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The Maine Edge advanced the 2015 Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series to be hosted by the University of Maine and CHISPA Centro Hispano throughout September and October. All lectures will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays starting Sept. 17 at UMaine’s Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, 165 Barrows Hall. The events are free and open […]
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