A Field Day at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Gardens at Tidewater Farm in Falmouth will be held from 5–6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 21. The free public event is an opportunity to learn about Tidewater Farm and engage with the gardens through hands-on demonstrations led by UMaine Extension staff and Master Gardener Volunteers. Demonstrations […]
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An internship is an important way for students to explore possible career paths. And it’s always exciting when students turn their summer internship into full-time employment. Three Maine Business School students from the class of 2022 — Allison Treat, Cameron Houde and Gabby Benson — did just that. Their internship profiles, including why they decided […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold its second in a series of four hands-on gardening and cooking workshops 5–7 p.m. July 18 at the UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers demonstration garden, University of Maine Rogers Farm, 914 Bennoch Road, Old Town. This Garden-to-Table workshop includes an onsite discussion and demonstration covering the bounty now […]
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The University of Maine System will hold two virtual public comment sessions July 15 to gather feedback on its proposed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Plan. The 45-minute public sessions are at noon and 4 p.m. on July 15, facilitated by Raegan LaRochelle of LaRochelle Consulting. Public feedback received will be documented and, […]
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University of Maine Extension staff and volunteers will lead a hands-on, interactive program to teach youth ages 9 and up how to grow and preserve the garden’s harvest. The 4-H Kids Can Can program will be held from 9–11 a.m. on Wednesdays, July 20–Aug. 17. Each session will begin in Extension’s Tidewater Gardens in Falmouth, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s annual wild blueberry field day is scheduled for 9 a.m.–3 p.m. July 14 at UMaine’s Blueberry Hill Farm, 1643 U.S. Route 1, Jonesboro. Blueberry Hill Farm Field Day will feature information sessions on pest and crop management, drought management, fresh pack technology and harvester demonstrations. UMaine Extension educators and UMaine […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated July 7. The Division of Music in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts is celebrating its 50th annual Maine Summer Youth Music Camp this July, returning to its traditional in-person, residential experience after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The camp, led by Christopher White, UMaine director of bands, […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,951 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2022 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,938 are from Maine, 955 are from 41 other states and 58 are from 30 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the Full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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“Finding Our Voices,” an exhibit featuring Patrisha McLean’s photo portraits of 43 Maine survivors of domestic abuse, opens July 7 in the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The exhibit, on display through October, is free and open to the public from 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. […]
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Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research and Innovation Center will celebrate its launch in Old Town off University Farm Road on Thursday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. The launch event celebrates a new, 3-acre wild blueberry research and education site at the J. Franklin Witter Teaching & Research Center near the University of Maine campus. It will […]
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