Trustees are considering options including making UMaine Machias a ‘branch campus’ of the flagship 100 miles away.
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When it comes to trees and shrubs, go native
We bid goodbye to a longtime Cooperative Extension horticultural specialist, Lois Berg Stack.
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Bill Nemitz: Bright, young entrepreneur sees opportunity in Maine’s trees
Nadir Yildirim seeks to produce ‘smart products, futurist materials’ from trees.
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In fashion, fickle trends and low prices translate to enormous waste
First we waste time shopping, then organizing overstuffed closets. Soon, we tire of the look and toss clothes away, generating guess what? More waste.
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UMaine student Nicole Maines shares her story in HBO’s ‘The Trans List’
The transgender woman from Portland is among the 11 individuals profiled in the documentary that aired Monday night.
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Idea to cut NASA’s role in climate science could be major loss for Maine, scientists say
The state is a hub for research – especially related to oceans – that relies on the agency’s data and employs dozens in Portland, Boothbay and Orono.
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Small group of Monhegan residents renews fight against offshore turbines
Critics raise $40,000 and want the towers moved farther away, but others on the island have accepted the full-scale test project.
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Maine forest industry stands to gain as Norway spruce earns construction grade
After extensive testing at UMaine, the tree is the first new species accepted for commercial and residential building in roughly 80 years.
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Leading UMaine scientist killed in Antarctica while mapping ice crevasses
Gordon Hamilton, 50, a climate change researcher known around the world, was doing field work when his snowmobile plunged into a split in the ice.
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Expos in Portland, Orono aim to help food providers scale-up production
‘We want people to walk out of the room informed on how to take the next step in selling to an institution like Sodexo or the University of Maine,’ the event’s director said.