The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine has launched Food Rescue MAINE, a statewide education and action campaign intended to increase food rescue and recycling and reduce the amount of food waste disposed of in Maine landfills. The project slogan is, “Maine Food–Too Good To Waste.” With $27,318 […]
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Community Connector bus service in Bangor is not operating today and tomorrow, April 23–24. Service resumes April 26 with some route modifications. The route that serves Old Town will run on a Saturday schedule all of next week. Black Bear Orono Express will run Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday next week from 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
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Drew Bennett of Brewer is the University of Maine 2021 salutatorian. Bennett is a mechanical engineering major with a minor in robotics. He has received Mid-South Engineering scholarships and the Thomas P. Hosmer Scholarship. Throughout his time on campus, Bennett has been an undergraduate research assistant in the Advanced Manufacturing Center. Last year, he also […]
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Biochemistry major Bailey West of Stockton Springs is the University of Maine 2021 valedictorian and mechanical engineering major Drew Bennett of Brewer is this year’s salutatorian. “We are very proud of these two exceptional students,” says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “Both Bailey and Drew have excelled in all that they have pursued at UMaine and […]
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Working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic can be daunting, but roommates Nicole Despres and Emma Moulton strengthen each other’s resolve. The two University of Maine nursing seniors have been volunteering to vaccinate Mainers against the virus since January alongside 200 others from UMaine and more than 450 nursing students across the University […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk by David Reidmiller, director of the Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), about how global climate action can be applied here in Maine 3–4 p.m. on Monday, March 22. Reidmiller has extensive national […]
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Josh Rosen is a University of Maine super alum. He earned his undergraduate degree in Earth and climate sciences in May 2013 at UMaine and is currently working on a dual degree: an MBA with an anticipated graduation date of May 2021 and a JD from Maine Law to be finished in 2022. Rosen grew […]
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In late January, Tracey O’Connell, school counselor at Leonard Middle School in Old Town, started getting emails from her principal about an upcoming Zoom meeting that nobody was allowed to miss. She thought it was going to be a regular staff meeting, nothing terribly exciting. As it turned out, the Feb. 5 meeting was a […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release about an AmeriCorps Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) grant that will be used to support volunteers age 55 and older in Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Washington counties. The Center on Aging will continue to administer the RSVP program, which leverages seniors’ experience to […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Penobscot County 4-H is offering a short-term special-interest club for youth in grades 3–8 who enjoy the outdoors. The club starts Feb. 27 and continues meeting on various Saturday mornings through late spring. The “Outdoor Adventure 4-H SPIN Club” brings together youth and experienced outdoor leaders to explore the natural […]
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