In a Bangor Daily News report on the rise in robberies at Maine pharmacies, Marcella Sorg, who directs the drug and alcohol research program at UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, said as efforts to rein in prescription drug abuse succeed, addicts find other ways, such as pharmacy robberies, to get the medications they seek. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension marine professional and Maine Healthy Beaches program staff member Keri Lindberg, who also works with the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant, was interviewed as part of a Maine Public Broadcasting Network “Mainewatch” feature on the state’s coastal beach monitoring program. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Comments by Robert Bayer, direct of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, were included in an Associated Press report about the increasing reports of odd-colored lobsters that appeared on websites for MSNBC, CBS and the Chicago Sun-Times, among others. Comments from Bayer were also included in a three-part series of articles by the Darien Times […]
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University of Maine sociologist Steven Barkan discusses guns and violence in the United States in a blog, Criminology and Sociology, in which he argues that males commit more violent acts than women and, as a society, boys must be raised differently to reduce a propensity for violent behavior. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) reported over the weekend on the fourth annual Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium being held this year in partnership with the University of Maine and in the Steam Plant parking lot, where members of the public can watch artists from around the world in action with grinders, chisels and […]
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A group of agricultural experts mainly from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will lead a free, public program on sustainable farming from 3:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25 at the UMaine Rogers Research Farm on Bennoch Road in Stillwater. Topics include sweet corn integrated pest management and emerging pests, crow management […]
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The Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton and Old Town has scheduled weekly guided canoe tours on Pushaw and Dead streams Sunday afternoons from 2-3:30 p.m. The tours offer basic canoe instruction and a chance to explore the plants and wildlife found in the streams. The ecosystem provides a great diversity of bird life and mammal […]
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Two University of Maine Cooperative Extension experts will represent UMaine Extension at a public meeting Thursday in Alfred, Maine, with Kevin Concannon, U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services. UMaine Extension educators Frank Wertheim and Barbara Murphy will attend the meeting, which is sponsored by Partners for a Hunger-Free York County, […]
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The National Low Carbon Fuel Standard Project, of which UMaine economist Jonathan Rubin is a member, was covered by several blogs and media outlets after its announcement Thursday that a national low-carbon fuel standard could solve transportation energy challenges. The Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch website ran a news release about the project that included a […]
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The Cafe des Artistes blog on the Bangor Daily News website ran an advance story about the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, which starts Sunday in UMaine’s Steam Plant parking lot. The symposium is being held this year in partnership with UMaine. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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