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April 12, 2021
The state of Maine has expanded its vaccine requirements so that anyone ages 16 and up is eligible for the vaccine. This new rule went into effect on April 7, allowing many more members of the University of Maine community to begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. This is a huge step forward in returning to pre-pandemic campus life at UMaine, possibly allowing for more in-person events and opportunities for the fall 2021 semester.
UMaine is doing its best to get the word out about increased vaccine eligibility and to promote the safety of the Moderna, Pfizer and Johnston & Johnston vaccines. In an effort to provide accurate information to the UMaine community, President Joan Ferrini-Mundy announced that the university will be sponsoring an event on April 15.
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AUGUSTA Everett Blair of Whitefield is Capital Area Technical Center’s 2021 Student of the Year.
A senior from Erskine Academy in South China enrolled for the second year in the Law Enforcement Academy program, Blair will ship out in July for 10-week basic combat training with the U.S. Army National Guard. He will then attend an eight-week Advanced Individual Training (AIT) program in Mississippi.
When he returns from his training, he plans to attend the University of Maine at Machias to study wildlife biology, with the goal of becoming a Maine game warden.
Outside of school, he has been a volunteer coach for middle school basketball. He helps out a neighbor who has Parkinson’s disease by shoveling and splitting and stacking firewood.
Penobscot Bay Pilot has posed questions to each candidate running for the open seat on the Northport Select Board providing the opportunity for the public to better understand their positions on issues. Breanna Pinkham Bebb and Ann Frenning Kossuth are each vying for the seat that has been held by Selectman Zack Hollingshead. The winner of the April 14 election will hold the seat until the remainder of Hollingshead’s term expires in June, at which point another election for the seat will be held to determine who holds the seat for three years.
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I was born in Downeast Maine and am a proud graduate of the University of Maine at Machias, where I took the long path to my degree working multiple jobs and mostly paying as I went.
UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy: Positives in pandemics – Extension’s role grows during COVID-19 crisis
Extension created resources to help Maine farmers and consumers and developed the capacity to analyze rapid COVID tests, while 4-H launched programs to engage with youth online.
By Joan Ferrini-MundySpecial to the Press Herald
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When I arrived at the University of Maine in summer 2018, my calendar was packed with visits to 4-H camps, farms and agriculture-related companies. And the Fryeburg Fair.
At the HP Hood bottling plant, a person in charge of the daily milk delivery talked about the UMaine cows and their milk. That’s when I realized we had a dairy herd.