A Portland Press Herald article about a southern Maine school district’s decision to spray pesticides to protect children from possible West Nile Virus included comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist Jim Dill, who called the decision a prudent proactive approach to the possible spreading of mosquito-borne diseases. Contact: George Manlove, (207) […]
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An article in My Generation, one of a group of KeepMEcurrent newspapers in southern Maine, included comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics Jim McConnon about the possibility of a fiscal cliff, or a return to another economic recession for the nation, if Congress fails to agree on extending some […]
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University of Maine political science professor and department chair Jim Warhola published a commentary on the e-International Relations website for students of international politics about constitutional change in Turkey under the Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party over the last 10 years. Warhola contends that the new direction is a step forward for Turkey. Contact: George […]
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The annual Bear Necessities Tent Sale will be held Thursday, Aug. 30 through Sunday, Sept. 1 in the Memorial Gym Parking Lot. The tent sale will be open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, 6 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. The sale will feature Black Bear apparel, including crew neck sweatshirts for $15, hoodies for […]
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Eight internationally known sculptors are putting the finishing touches on their work this week as the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS) enters its final days in the University of Maine’s Steam Plant parking lot. The site is free and open to the public daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Aug. 30, when a […]
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The website Science 360, a science news website of the National Science Foundation, featured two UMaine research projects on its home page Friday. A UMaine video about copepod research being performed by researcher Andrew Pershing was featured, as was a UMaine news release about marine scientist Rhian Waller, who is in Chile researching deep-sea corals. […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about the 2012 Spring Summer edition of the University of Maine-affiliated Puckerbrush Review, a publication of Maine letters, poetry and other literary works created in the 1970s by UMaine English professor and poet Constance Hunting, and edited by UMaine English professor Sandy Phippen after Hunting’s death in 2006. […]
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A Portland Press Herald gardening column about insect pests and fungal blight included comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension plant disease diagnostician Bruce Watt. Watt said although gladiolus rust fungus, which spoils gladiolus blossoms and leaves, hasn’t been reported in Maine yet, the good news is that gladiolus rust usually dies with the leaves […]
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The Lewiston Sun Journal interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension food preservation program aide Kate McCarty about preserving fresh garden tomatoes. McCarty discussed ways to preserve tomatoes, including making salsas with fruit or jalapeno peppers. The article included recipes for salsa and homemade tomato ketchup. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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An article in the Portland Press Herald about the proliferation of crop-damaging garden slugs this summer included comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist Jim Dill, who offered suggestions to kill or discourage slugs, including placing shallow cans of beer or copper screens in the garden. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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