University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an ongoing documentary video series featuring Maine farmers and food producers telling their stories. “Growing Maine” debuts with Pat and Ed Jillson, owners of Jillson’s Farm in Sabattus, telling the story of their family farm against the backdrop of last year’s Maine Maple Sunday. The video series helps […]
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The University of Maine Educational Leadership program is seeking Washington County superintendents, principals and teacher leaders for a regional group that will be part of a new master’s degree cohort starting in fall 2016. An informational open house for interested applicants will be held April 8 from 4–6 p.m. at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. […]
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Rhea Cote Robbins, a Franco-American Studies instructor, was inducted into the Maine Franco-American Hall of Fame March 16. Robbins, a UMaine alumna, was an editor of Le FORUM at the Franco-American Center from 1986-96, and in 1997, won the Maine Chapbook Award for her nonfiction book, Wednesday’s Child. She teaches courses in Franco-American women’s experiences, contact […]
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Families are invited to join the Page Farm and Home Museum’s Maine maple celebration from 1–3 p.m. Saturday, March 26. The event begins at the museum with the video, “The Maple Sugaring Story.” For children in grades K–5, there will be activities, games and stories about syrup making — one of Maine’s oldest traditions and […]
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Basic practices appropriate for small-scale livestock producers and 4-H project leaders will be the focus of a Livestock 101 Field Day from 11:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the University of Maine J. Franklin Witter Teaching & Research Center, 160 University Farm Road, Old Town. The free public program will demonstrate hands-on […]
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A paper that focuses on the work of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine and other leading sustainability institutions was recently published in a journal and cited in a magazine. “Mobilizing the power of higher education to tackle the grand challenge of sustainability: Lessons from novel initiatives,” […]
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Paul Mayewski has been rated one of the most-cited and influential climate change authors. His article “Holocene climate variability” was ranked No. 58 of the all-time top 100 papers on climate change by Carbon Brief, a website in the United Kingdom that covers developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy. As of August […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Waldo County Extension Association are hosting the 22nd annual Rural Living Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2 at Mount View High School, 577 Mount View Road, Thorndike. Workshops include building small homes, baking bread, birding, pasturing chickens, plant propagation, making maple sugar and candy, […]
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Be transported from rousing Saturday night juke joint music to Sunday morning church gospel with “True Blues: Sin and Redemption” at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. True Blues (Corey Harris, Guy David and Alvin Youngblood Hart) and the Campbell Brothers (Chuck Campbell, Phillip […]
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The 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings again list the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development among the top education graduate schools in the nation. The college tied for 93rd in the annual rankings, making it the only ranked education graduate program in the state. The UMaine College […]
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