Contact: Liam Riordan, (207) 581-1913; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — With so many iconic pre-Revolutionary War events — the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s midnight ride and the first skirmish between “Redcoats” and the colonial militia — happening in New England, early America historian and UMaine history Professor Liam Riordan understands why people […]
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Contact: Cathy Billings, Lobster Institute; (207) 581-2751; cell (207) 949-2028 ORONO — The Long Island Sound Lobster Fund has been established at the University of Maine Foundation for the benefit of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine. This fund was established with a gift to the Institute’s C.O.R.E. Campaign from people who work […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine opened its doors this morning to the Class of 2011, the largest first-year class in the history of the Orono campus. Some 2,105 new first-year students will begin classes, along with returning students, on Tuesday Sept. 4. The new class is approximately nine […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-287-1471 ORONO, Me.–University of Maine Cooperative Extension and several farm equipment dealers have joined forces to offer free “Slow-Moving-Vehicle” (SMV) signs to Maine farmers this year. These bright signs–fluorescent orange triangles bordered with reflective red–are mounted on the rear of farm tractors and implements traveling slower than 25 miles per hour in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — Two of the University of Maine’s most generous benefactors have provided a major new gift to support the university. UMaine President Robert Kennedy announced the details this afternoon before an audience of 175 alumni and friends at the UMaine President’s House. Richard R. and Anne A. […]
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Contact: Bill Murphy, 581-4126; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756; Charles Scontras, (207) 799-3469 ORONO — For those who might take for granted the progress and achievements of Maine’s labor movement, University of Maine labor historian Charles Scontras has produced another publication — a snapshot of Maine labor in 1907. As Sept. 3, Labor Day 2007, approaches, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 BELFAST, Me. — A campaign to raise $2 million in matching funds for the University of Maine’s Frederick E. Hutchinson Center, in Belfast, was announced today by UMaine President Robert Kennedy. Combined with a $2 million bond to be repaid from future tuition revenue, the money will be used […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Some leading scientists who have studied warfare through the ages have long suggested that humans — the males of the species, at least — have little choice when it comes to slaughtering one another in great numbers. Such warlike behavior, the scholars contend, is hardwired into the […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND, Me.–Got land? Let a farmer keep it productive. University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Farmland Trust have launched a pilot partnership to connect landowners in Cumberland County with farmers who need land. The goal is to develop a directory of available farmland for local farmers. If you have extra […]
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Contact: Amos E. Orcutt 581-5100 ORONO, Me.–A scholarship honoring the memory of the late Mary Esther Treat Clark, University of Maine Class of 1944, formerly of Winterport and Belfast, has been established at the University of Maine Foundation to assist students to students who are graduates of Maine high schools and who are majoring in […]
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