State of Maine COVID-19 Response
My Administration has sought to do its part to protect the lives and livelihoods of Maine people. With help from the Maine Legislature last spring, we began rallying the forces necessary to help people who were suffering job losses, to get food to school children and to build out our team of health professionals to protect Maine families from this dangerous virus.
My Administration implemented public health and safety measures, dialing them up and then scaling them down when we believed the circumstances demanded it. We directed people to wear masks in public, much the same as they would wear a hard hat at a construction site or safety glasses and ear protectors in a paper mill. We asked you to watch your distance and avoid large gatherings. And you did.
Centralmaine.com features wind energy op-ed from public advocate
Centralmaine.com shared an op-ed by Barry Hobbins, Maineâs public advocate, noting that floating offshore wind power will benefit Maineâs electric consumers. In the piece, Hobbins refers to the promise of wind power, and notes that applying the floating offshore wind technology developed at the University of Maineâs Advanced Structure and Composites Center will put Maine in a leadership position.
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University of Maine Wed, 02/24/2021 - 10:30am
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer virtual science cafés for teens in grades 7–12 from 4 to 4:45 p.m. each Tuesday beginning March 2.
Maine 4-H Virtual Science Cafés will feature informal sessions with University of Maine scientists discussing their research and what led them to their work. In the first webinar, UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center business development manager John Arimond will discuss wind energy research and development, wind blade testing and 3D printing production. Future topics will include studies of wildlife, archaeology and sharks.
The webinars are free; registration is required for each session. Register on the program webpage. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Jessy Brainerd, 207-581-3877; jessica.brainerd@maine.edu
Gov. Janet Mills delivered her State of the Budget address Tuesday night not in person as is customary but in a video presented to lawmakers, due to the