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UMaine Accepting “ArtWorks” Registration for Spring Session

Contact: Laurie Hicks, 581-3247 ORONO – The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the spring 2009 after-school ArtWorks program for area children in kindergarten through grade 6. ArtWorks classes will be held March 27-April 24, from 3:30-5 p.m., on Friday afternoons at UMaine’s Lord Hall. ArtWorks is a longstanding program that […]

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New England Dance Festival at UMaine Ends Feb. 28 with Day of Master Classes, Performances

Contact: Ann Ross, 581-4070, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine School for Performing Arts Dance Division is welcoming at least 350 college student dancers, dance instructors and adjudicators to campus this week and Saturday for the American College Dance Festival Association’s New England Regional Conference. The Feb. 26-28 conference includes three adjudicated […]

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UMaine To Offer Free Personal Finance Workshops

Contact: Sharon Hageman at 581-1853 ORONO — The University of Maine Financial Education Program, in collaboration with the UMaine School of Economics, will offer a series of workshops related to household personal finance. All workshops are free and open to the public. Topics include “Budgeting and Finance: Making Ends Meet,” March 19; ” Mortgage Primer: […]

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UMaine Scientists Present Report on Climate Future to Gov. Baldacci

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 AUGUSTA — On Wednesday, University of Maine faculty members presented the report, “Maine’s Climate Future: An Initial Assessment,” to Gov. John Baldacci. UMaine professors described their findings to the governor and his cabinet at that group’s weekly meeting.  A State House session with news reporters followed the cabinet meeting. […]

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Extension Master Gardener Program Plan Auction at March Flower Show

Contact: Amy Witt, Tel. 207-780-4205 or amyw@umext.maine.edu PORTLAND —  Volunteers from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County Master Gardener program are preparing for the group’s annual plant auction, scheduled for the Portland Flower Show on Sunday March 15. A silent auction is scheduled for noon-3:30, with a live auction and bargain table beginning […]

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Free Signs Increase Safety for Maine Farmers

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 order […]

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Catch a Bright Comet in the Maine Skies

Contact: Alan Davenport, 581-1341; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Maine will have a solar system visitor in the evening sky, which anyone can find from the backyard during the last week of February. Comet Lulin will be closest to planet Earth on Feb. 24, and viewable from backyards through binoculars, or telescopes like the Clark […]

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UMaine Art Auction March 21 to Aid Student Service Projects

Contact: Audra Grady, 581-4194; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The second annual public Alternative Spring Break Art Auction is scheduled March 21 at Buchanan Alumni House to raise funds for an endowment to help with expenses for student service trips around the United States and internationally. More than 80 students — who raise the majority […]

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UMaine Launches Civility Campaign – ‘The New Commitment’

Contact: Sandra Sigmon, 581-2049; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Stress and hardship can bring out the best in people, or the worst. With that in mind as the economic crisis stresses so many people, the University of Maine President’s Council on Women is launching a campus-wide initiative to promote civility.  In times of duress, civil […]

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