The fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County was previewed in the Portland Press Herald’s Food and Dining Dispatches column. The event is a self-guided tour of multiple gardens in Cumberland County on Saturday, Aug. 10 that is designed to educate people about do-it-yourself strategies for […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County will hold the fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day, a self-guided tour of multiple gardens, on Saturday, Aug. 10. Events in Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Portland, South Portland, Windham, Raymond and Yarmouth will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Backyard […]
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The fifth annual Backyard Locavore Day hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County was previewed in the latest entry of the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources.” The event is a self-guided tour of multiple gardens in Cumberland County on Saturday, Aug. 10, that is designed […]
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The University of Maine will hold a Clean Sweep Furniture Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 and from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 in York Commons on Square Road. Items for sale include furniture, such as dressers, couches and chairs that are being replaced in the residence halls. […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s John Jemison, water quality and soil specialist; Caragh Fitzgerald, agricultural educator; and James McConnon, business and economics specialist and professor at UMaine spoke with the Morning Sentinel for the article “Central Maine farmers markets gain in popularity.” Jemison talked about the limited opportunities in established farmers markets, Fitzgerald touched […]
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Adele Adkins, associate director of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about what Bangor’s entertainment boom means for the Orono facility. Adkins said the variety of options in Bangor brings the Collins Center back to its beginnings. “We don’t have to try to be […]
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Sally Daniels of Ellsworth, director of project services with the University of Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC), received an Adult Education Outstanding Teaching Award from the Maine Adult Education Association. The award was presented at the association’s annual conference at Colby College in June. Daniels, an MEOC staff member since its inception in 1991, was […]
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The Maine Edge reported on the Boomer Reporting Corps, a program offered by the University of Maine Center on Aging and Maine Community Foundation. The program aims to create a cohort of older adults who can actively report on local issues to benefit their communities.
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The Maine Edge previewed a certificate program in grant writing that will be held at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center Aug. 12–13. Writing Winning Grant Proposals: Nuts, Bolts and Assembly is the fifth session in the eight-part 2013 Nonprofit Certificate Program.
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded $380,000 to researchers at the University of Maine Center on Aging, University of New England (UNE) and The Iris Network to study a falls prevention program for older citizens with vision impairment. Falls among older adults can lead to serious injury, loss of independence or death. The two-year […]
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