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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The Bangor Daily News and Channel 5 (WABI) reported on a bone marrow drive organized Wednesday by members of the UMaine football team to try to find a stem cell match for the deputy chief of the Maine Warden Service, who has cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. The annual event, started to honor former assistant football coach […]
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What do you get when you combine wind, water, loads of fun, and more than 425 middle and high school students and teachers from more than 40 schools in Maine? You get the Windstorm and Maine Wind Blade Challenges on Friday, April 27, at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
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The Bangor Daily News carried an article on the status of the 2013 renovation plans for Memorial Gym and its basketball court known as The Pit because of its shape and seating configuration. Funds for the work are being raised privately. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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News media coverage continued Tuesday, the final day of a cross-border trade conference co-organized by the University of Maine Canadian-American Center to explore ways to strengthen economic ties between the United States and Canada, with a particular focus on northeastern states and provinces. Channel 2 (WLBZ) covered the conference. The Bangor Daily News reported on […]
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The Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS) will host a workshop for Maine teachers on Saturday, April 28 at UMaine. This biennial cultural event will bring eight internationally recognized sculptors to the University of Maine campus this summer to create stone artwork for permanent display at area locations.
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