The 10th annual opening of the Orono Bog Boardwalk will take place at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, with a special ceremony to mark the anniversary of one of the region’s most popular natural areas. Located in the Rolland F. Perry (Bangor) City Forest, the boardwalk wends its way through forested wetland and out […]
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) reported on a kinetic sculpture competition held Wednesday at UMaine by mechanical engineering technology students as part of their end-of-semester class projects. Several of the kinetic machines will be displayed at the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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David G.. Kleinschmidt, 58, a former network administrator for the University of Maine College of Engineering’s Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department, died April 20 in Orono, according to his obituary in the Bangor Daily.
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Channel 7 (WVII) Wednesday covered Maine Day volunteerism at the University of Maine Wednesday. Hundreds of students turned out for dozens of cleanup projects on campus and in downtown Orono. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 5 (WABI) reported on the U.S. Senate candidates forum held Wednesday by UMaine College Republicans, UMaine Democrats and a non-partisan group on campus. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Lewiston Sun Journal published an article promoting the benefits of University of Maine Cooperative Extension gardening classes designed for first-time gardeners. UMaine Extension educator Barbara Murphy in the Paris Extension office was interviewed for the story. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 7 (WVII), Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) Wednesday covered a fiddlehead harvesting, handling and preparation demonstration near the Stillwater River put on by UMaine Cooperative Extension specialists David Fuller and Jason Bolton. The Channel 7 10 p.m. report from Wednesday includes the interview. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News carried an article about objections from Bangor Gas Co. to a proposal to pipe methane gas from the Juniper Ridge Landfill to the UMaine campus to create energy and heat for buildings. Channel 2 (WLBZ) also reported on the hearing in Hallowell before the Maine Public Utilities Commission, which will decide […]
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The Bangor Daily News covered the launch of two large, high-altitude helium-filled balloons from the Pittsfield Municipal Airport as part of a science and engineering project by UMaine students and their adviser Rick Eason, a professor of electrical and computer engineering. The balloons carrying weather instrumentation, GPS transmitters and cameras were expected to go as […]
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WABI TV, Channel 2, (WLBZ) and Channel 7 (WVII) covered the second annual UMaine St. Baldrick’s Charity head-shaving Wednesday at UMaine. Some 90 students and members of the campus community shed their locks to show solidarity for children with cancer. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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