Contact: Joe Alex, 356-1817; Patty Henner, 581-4100ORONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum is hosting area children this week for the annual Passport to the World Camp, exploring countries, cultures and customs from around the world. The camp is sponsored by the Maine CISV (Children International Summer Village) chapter and involves a week […]
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Contact: Heather Pullen, 581-2443 ORONO — Hailing from Houlton to Hope, from Millinocket to Jonesboro, more than 55 aspiring writers in grades 3-12 are tapping their creativity and penning their thoughts at the annual Young Authors’ Camp taking place this week at the University of Maine. Campers spent the week exploring different genres of writing, […]
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Contact: Tim Wissemann – Mariner Beverages (207)699-2939 – co-creator of Big Claw Steve Melchiskey – USA Wine West (207) 653-3293– co-creator of Big Claw Dr. Robert Bayer – Executive Director, Lobster Institute (207) 581-2785 Steve DiMillo – Owner, DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant (207) 772-2216 PORTLAND – The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, USA Wine […]
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Contact: Vicki Nemeth, Maine EPSCoR Director, 581-3399,maineepscor@umit.maine.eduJoe Carr, 581-3571, joecarr@maine.edu ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci and other state leaders joined University of Maine and University of Southern Maine officials on Wednesday morning to announce a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant for a wide-ranging new project called the […]
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Contact: Paul Grosswiler, 907-5596; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Author and international authority on HIV-AIDS Susan Hunter will give a public talk, “Hadithi, Hadithi: Telling the Story of AIDS in Africa,” Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bangor at 120 Park St. The lecture is free. Hunter is largely credited with […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO – Gov. John Baldacci and other state government leaders will join University of Maine and University of Southern Maine officials on Wednesday to announce a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant to create the Center for Sustainability Solutions. The announcement event is […]
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Contact: Len Kaye, (207) 262-7922; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine – The first-in-the-nation pharmaceuticals mail-back program launched in 2007 by the University of Maine’s Center on Aging with partnering agencies has been refunded for another two years, and will more than double in size and scope as a result. In the new phase of […]
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Contact: Lobster Institute Associate Director Cathy Billings – (207) 581-2751 or cell (207) 949-2028 When: 3 p.m. Monday, July 13 Where: DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant, 25 Long Wharf, Portland, ME 04101. What: The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine and Mariner Beverages of Portland will introduce Big Claw – a new wine specifically designed to […]
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