The top quality and premium price of Maine sea scallops has some people interested in starting a cultured scallop industry in Maine. On Thursday, July 7 in Belfast, Dana Morse will present information on the advancing technology of scallop aquaculture to shellfish producers, chefs, fishermen, and others. Morse, who has visited scallop farms in Canada […]
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Comments from Prof. Ivan Fernandez of UMaine’s soil sciences faculty are included in a Bangor Daily News story about Sen. Susan Collins’ Thursday announcement that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s New England Plant, Soil and Water Laboratory, located at UMaine, will remain open. Fernandez provided perspectives on the value of the work conducted at the […]
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Friday’s Portland Press Herald includes a story wrapping up the three-day EnergyOcean International conference held this week in Portland. In the story, Ken Fletcher, director of Maine’s state energy office pointed out that the state is “fully committed” to the development of energy sources from the ocean. UMaine is leading the DeepCWind Consortium, a broad-based, […]
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Community volunteers over the age of 50 are converging on the University of Maine campus June 16-18 for the 2011 Encore Leadership Corps Summit, a longstanding program designed to empower and inform volunteers from throughout the state on ways to serve and improve their communities.
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Prof. Len Kaye, director of UMaine’s Center on Aging, was quoted in a Central Maine Morning Sentinel feature story about the challenges faced by those providing care for elderly relatives. The story includes perspectives on the support services available for those in such situations, especially in Maine, where the story says that network is “expanding.”
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Wednesday’s Portland Press Herald includes a report analyzing issues related to the development of deepwater offshore wind technology in Maine. The story includes a comment from Prof. Habib Dagher, who heads up the UMaine-led DeepCWind Consortium, a group of 35 collaborating organizations working on this extensive R&D effort in the Gulf of Maine. The Press […]
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News featured an editorial about deepwater offshore wind power technology development in Maine, spearheaded by the UMaine-led DeepCWind Consortium. The editorial references reports noting public discussion about the initiative’s potential economic impact and long-term viability. The BDN says that “a little skepticism is healthy” but that the project has appropriate “built-in benchmarks.” […]
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