Contact: Cathy Billings at (207) 581-2751 ORONO — It’s time to roll up your sleeves and don your Sou’wester hat for this year’s Lobster College, offered by the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute and scheduled for Sept. 17-19, 2009 in Boothbay, Maine. “With expeditionary learning, we take the old-fashioned field trip to a whole new […]
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt, Maine Sea Grant, 207-581-1434 SURVEY RESULTS, DOCUMENTARY VIDEO HIGHLIGHT COASTAL COMMUNITY VIEWS ON COASTAL CHANGES Property owners along Maine’s sandy beaches are noticing higher water levels during storms and increased erosion. A recent landslide in Stockton Springs was a reminder for residents along other parts of the Maine coast that they also […]
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Contact: Robert Bayer, Lobster Institute, (207) 581-2785; Dan Zawacki, Lobster Gram, dan@livelob.com ORONO — Lobster Gram®, an Internet business that markets live lobster for home delivery, is joning forces with the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine to offer a “lobster stimulus package” to support the Maine lobster industry during August. This month is […]
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Contact: Lauren Mack (860) 992-8735; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 University of Maine pre-vet senior Lauren Mack sees a real problem arising when public safety officials are called out in horse emergencies and no one in the department is trained to handle horses. In the last six months in the Bangor area alone, a racehorse got […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571; Aimee Dolloff at (207) 581-3777 MONMOUTH — Events highlighting Maine’s rich agricultural history will take center stage on Wednesday Aug. 19 when the University of Maine hosts a centennial celebration of its Highmoor Farm in Monmouth. The state established the facility in 1909 to conduct research and demonstrations related […]
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Contact: Todd Gabe, 207-581-3307 ORONO, Maine — Research by two University of Maine economists shows that spending by cruise ship passengers delivered $5.8 million to $8 million to the Portland area last year, representing an expanding revenue source that could increase if cruise ship visits to the city continue to increase. The spending estimates are […]
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Contact: Pauleena MacDougall, (207) 581-1891 ORONO — “Tales plucked from the brink of oblivion” is how author Marcus LiBrizzi, associate professor of English at the University of Maine at Machias describes his new 118-page, illustrated book, recently published by through the UMaine Folklife Center. “Lost Atusville: A Black Settlement from the American Revolution” provides a […]
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Contact: Kathy Savoie, (207) 780-4205 ORONO, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has information ready for consumers who wish to take advantage of the best of Maine foods during August. Online bulletins at extension.umaine.edu help Maine residents find, grow, use, preserve and store in-season fruits and vegetables. Among those most applicable in August are […]
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Contact: Rick Kersbergen, 1-800-287-1426 or (207) 342-5971 ORONO — With the large amount of rain Maine has experienced this summer, it has been a challenge to produce quality hay for Maine’s livestock industry. If hay growers did not take advantage of excellent weather for dry hay production at the end of May and very early […]
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Contact: Ellen Mallory, 207-581-2942 STILLWATER, Me. —University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host its annual Sustainable Agriculture Field Day on Monday, July 27. Designed for farmers, crop advisers and other members of the agricultural community, the evnet will take place at Rogers Farm, UMaine’s 100-acre forage and crops research facility, located on Bennoch Road in […]
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