Contact: Amy Witt, Horticulturist University of Maine Cooperative Extension PO Box 9300, Portland, ME 04104 Tel. 780-4205 or 1-800-287-11471 PORTLAND, Me. — They attract tourists by the thousands, provide the foundation for the state economy, and deliver constant inspiration to area artists and poets. Trees are at the root of Maine’s identity. Now, Maine […]
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Contact: Lois Berg Stack, (207) 581-2949 or (800) 870-7270 ORONO, Me. –The 2006 North Country Garden Calendar is hot off the press, just in time for holiday giving. Developed every year by Extension specialists from the University of Maine, the University of Vermont, and the University of New Hampshire, this beautifully illustrated wall calendar contains […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3751 If farm equipment could talk, a 1944 John Deere tractor donated to the University of Maine and restored by students might have family stories to tell that would be suitable for a Currier & Ives lithograph. Retired math teacher Worth Noyes of Orrington, age 100, bought the green and […]
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Contact: David Munson at (207) 581-3777; Todd Gabe at (207) 581-3307 Please note: The full study is available on-line at: www.umaine.edu/mcsc/ ORONO — Researchers from the University of Maine’s Department of Resource Economics and Policy and the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy have released their findings regarding the projected fiscal and economic impacts […]
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Contact: Kathryn Hunt, 581-1553; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at UMaine is to receive the 2006 Maine Merit Award from the New England Board of Higher Education for Maine Policy Review, the center’s policy-analysis journal published three times yearly. Founded in 1991, Maine Policy Review “provides relevant, in-depth analyses […]
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Contact: David Munson at (207) 581-3777; Kathryn Hunt at (207) 581- 1553; Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571; Rod McKay (City of Bangor) (207) 992-4240 ORONO — They are the inescapable questions that plague nearly every downtown district in Maine: How does a city make its youth feel welcome downtown while avoiding conflicts with downtown businesses […]
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Contact: Louis Bassano, Extension Educator, (207) 255-3345 or (800) 287-1542 EASTPORT, ME.–On Dec. 13 the Down East Micro-Enterprise Network, in conjunction with Eastport for Pride, will be walking through downtown Eastport to support, meet and learn about Main Street business owners and their operations. Lora Whelan, director of Eastport for Pride, will lead the walk […]
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Contact: Sam Hess, 581-1036; George Manlove, 581-3756 View a UMaine Feature of the story here. ORONO — A University of Maine researcher recently has been approved for a five-year $615,155 grant from the National Institutes of Health to try to find a way human cells might reject invasions by influenza, HIV and Ebola, among other […]
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Contact: Hugh Curran, (207) 667-7170/581-2609; George Manlove, 581-3756 BELFAST — ESTIA, an international eco-peace community, will host its second annual eco-village conference on “permaculture” at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast, Friday, Dec. 2, from 1-6 p.m. Permaculture involves the design and harmonious integration of landscapes and people in order to provide sustainability in food, energy […]
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Contact: Patricia Henner, 581-4100, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — For people who think the holiday season has become a little too commercial, Page Farm and Home Museum director Patricia Henner at the University of Maine says this year’s annual holiday party Dec. 2 is intended to bring back a little old-fashioned appreciation for hands-on creativity […]
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