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| State Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2023-10-25 ( 9 items ) |
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Bowdoin College: "The New Yorker" Dispatches - Adam Rasgon '13 Reports on the Middle East Conflict (10)
BRUNSWICK, Maine, Oct. 25 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news:
By Rebecca Goldfine
Adam Rasgon '13 is using his contacts from Israel and Palestine and his fluency in Arabic and Hebrew to report on the crisis in Gaza and Israel.
In his latest story, an October 20 article for The New Yorker, Rasgon and staff writer David Kirkpatrick describe conditions at Nasser Medical Center in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis. The hospital is dangerously overfull, with not nearly enough beds, more PR
Maine A.G. Frey Announces Multistate Lawsuit Against Meta for Social Media Harms to Children (10)
AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 25 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023:
Today, 42 attorneys general throughout the country sued Meta in federal and state courts alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and its other social media platforms that purposefully addict children and teens. At the same time, Meta falsely assured the public that these features are safe and suitable for young users.
The attorneys gen more PR
Maine Agriculture Dept.: New Open Burning Law in Maine Requires Permits for Larger Campfires (10)
AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 25 -- The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued the following news:
To enhance fire safety and prevent wildfires, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is implementing a new law that mandates burn permits for larger campfires. The law, LD 24, goes into effect on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, and will impact fires that exceed 3 feet in height and 3 feet in diameter that are not for debris disposal. Notably, permits f more PR
Maine Gov. Mills Announces $6 Million Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan Program to Strengthen Sales of Maine Products Across the Country (10)
GORHAM, Maine, Oct. 25 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023:
Governor Janet Mills today announced a $6 million initiative of her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to offer Maine businesses financial and technical support to develop new market opportunities and increase sales of Maine-made products across the United States.
The initiative, called the Domestic Trade Program, is a key recommendation of the State's 10-year Economic Development Strategy to suppo more PR
Maine Hospital Association Has Partnered With Husson University for Workforce Development (10)
BANGOR, Maine, Oct. 25 -- Husson University issued the following news release:
Maine Hospital Association members and employees can now take courses and work toward certificates and degrees at Husson University at a discounted rate thanks to a recent agreement between the organization and the school.
The partnership allows Maine Hospital Association members and employees a tuition discount on courses toward undergraduate degrees, masters degrees and certificates. Customized education, training more PR
MAINE SENATE DEMOCRATS: PRES. JACKSON, SENS. CURRY AND LAWRENCE CELEBRATE OFFSHORE WIND PROPOSAL THAT PROTECT HERITAGE LOBSTERING AREA (10)
AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 25 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2023:
Last week, BOEM announced a Draft Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine and an accompanying 30-day public comment period. The draft proposal excludes nearly all of Lobster Management Area 1, which is vital to Maine's heritage lobstering industry and the livelihoods it supports.
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In response, Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, Sen. Chip Curry, D-Belfast, and Sen. Mark Lawrence, D-Eli more PR
MIT: Bringing the Environment to the Forefront of Engineering (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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Desiree Plata is on a lifelong mission to make sustainability a bigger factor in design decisions.
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In a recent podcast interview with MIT President Sally Kornbluth, Associate Professor Desiree Plata described her childhood pastime of roaming the backyards and businesses of her grandmother's hometown of Gray, Maine. Through her wanderings, Plata noticed a disturbing p more PR
UMF Announces Appointment of Erica Thompson as New Director of Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center (10)
FARMINGTON, Maine, Oct. 25 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news:
The University of Maine at Farmington is pleased to announce that Erica Thompson, UMF graduate of the Class of 2015, has been appointed as the director for the UMF Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center.
Thompson started as director at the previous UMF campus Sweatt-Winter location on Monday, Sept. 18, and is very excited about the new facility located at 274 Front Street, Farmington more PR
University of Maine: Dr. Herzog Co-Edits Book Published in Germany (10)
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine's Presque Isle Campus issued the following news release:
Dr. Tomasz Herzog, University of Maine at Presque Isle Professor of Social Foundations of Education and Social Studies Education, co-edited a book on the COVID-19 pandemic that was published recently in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Herzog was one of the three co-editors--along with Professors Krzysztof Hajder and Lukasz Donaj--of the book, titled Economy 4.0 and the COVID-19 Pandemi more PR
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