Outreach

Great Maine Bike Swap Previewed in BDN

The Bangor Daily News previewed the Great Maine Bike Swap in a recent article. The annual event for people to sell and buy used bicycles runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14 at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center.

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Fenceviewer Reports on Cooperative Extension Food Drive Success

Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Maine’s Hancock County, carried an article about the countywide food drive organized by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Washington Hancock Community Agency. Organizers called the drive a success after collecting 12,350 items. Fenceviewer talked to Marjorie Peronto, educator at the University of Maine Cooperative […]

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Media Covers Teach-in Conference

WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) covered a teach-in conference held at UMaine on Sunday. The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine and the Maine Alliance for the Common Good hosted the conference, “Budget for All — Why Not?” Activists discussed issues such as health care and student loan debt. […]

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BDN Blog Mentions Art Class Project Benefiting Hirundo

The Bangor Daily News blog “Act out with Aislinn” by BDN reporter Aislinn Sarnacki included an entry about a project by students in a University of Maine advanced art education course taught by Constant Albertson. The students are making and selling mugs to benefit the Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton.

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