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乐播传媒 College to start new science and research building in 2019聽鈥� MaineBiz

MaineBiz, the Lewiston , and the reported on the unveiling of the design of 乐播传媒鈥� new science building. The building will house programs in biology, chemistry, and neuroscience and offer state-of-the-art instrumentation and lab space.

鈥淪cheduled for opening in 2021, the science building is a centerpiece of The 乐播传媒 Campaign, a $300 million fundraising campaign publicly announced in May 2017 whose goals include both this new facility and the modernization of existing STEM structures to optimize teaching and research,鈥� MaineBiz writes.

乐播传媒 nearing its carbon-neutral goal 鈥斅�Sun Journal聽

After its first full winter of heating the campus with a fuel oil that, because it鈥檚 created from woody plant materials, is not a source of fossil carbon emissions, 乐播传媒 is on track to make the campus carbon-neutral by 2020.

The Sun Journal鈥檚 Steve Collins reviewed that are bringing that carbon neutrality goal into reach.

鈥淭his winter鈥檚 gone very well鈥� with the so-called Renewable Fuel Oil that has become the primary energy source for 乐播传媒鈥� campus heating plant, energy manager John Rasmussen said.

乐播传媒鈥� success in energy conservation 鈥渉as received notice,鈥� Collins wrote. 鈥淭he Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education 鈥� an international sustainability rating agency 鈥� ranked 乐播传媒 in fourth place worldwide in the clean energy category for 2017.鈥�

Allagash joins the ranks of can-do brewers in Maine聽鈥� Portland Press Herald聽

The , whose is at the tail end of a sea change in Maine beer: Most of the state鈥檚 largest breweries have ditched bottles and put at least some of their beer in cans.

Allagash made the switch in April, but it鈥檚 starting small, canning only one type of beer and selling it only at the Portland brewery itself. Cans are more portable, and the beer inside them less susceptible to damaging ultraviolet light.

鈥淲e really view this as doing things in a methodical, slow way, the way we鈥檝e always done things here,鈥� Perkins told reporter James Patrick, adding that Allagash might one day can its biggest seller, White. 鈥淚t allows us to make sure we learn the trade before we take any further step forward.鈥�

Vets First Choice to become Maine鈥檚 newest public company 鈥斅�Portland Press Herald

The Portland Press Herald reported that Vets First Choice, a veterinary technology provider headed by Ben Shaw 鈥�00, that isn鈥檛 a bank.

The Portland-based company, which gives local veterinarians a leg up by outsourcing online pharmacy services, will merge with the spun-off animal services division of Henry Schein, Inc.

The Press Herald鈥檚 J. Craig Anderson reports that Vets First Choice employs 800 people and serves 20,000 veterinary practices, and it recently received $223 million in venture capital investments.

鈥淏uilding upon our long history of reinvention, the company will continue to expand our offering of innovative solutions for our dental and medical customers,鈥� Shaw said. 鈥淲e see significant growth opportunities.鈥�

Squash Without the Ceiling 鈥斅�The New York Times聽

Nima Olumi 鈥�17 ran into The New York Times鈥� Amy Sohn as she was in Manhattan, a rarity for a sport that鈥檚 usually played indoors and that has a reputation as a game for the elite.

Turns out Olumi, who鈥檚 volunteered with SquashBusters in Boston, and the creators of this pop-up squash spot were on the same page: They try to increase access to the sport.

Olumi, Sohn writes, decided to play shirtless in the warm afternoon. 鈥淭he sight of a shirtless squash player on an outdoor court, a stone鈥檚 throw from the East River, seemed to encapsulate New York鈥檚 past and future at once.鈥�

A-L Hall of Fame: Court inducted after almost four decades of coaching 鈥斅�Sun Journal

The Lewiston Sun Journal , who was inducted into the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame in May.

Court , winning the 1995 cross country Coach of the Year in New England Division III in 1995 and coaching 15 All-American award winners.

Since her retirement, she鈥檚 been the assistant track and field coach at Lewiston High School. 鈥淪he never stops,鈥� head coach Paul Soracco told the Sun Journal. 鈥淪he鈥檒l be texting me at 3 in the morning about the meet the next day, and I鈥檓 like, 鈥榃hat are you doing, go to bed.鈥� I am excited for her to be inducted. I don鈥檛 know why it hadn鈥檛 happened sooner.鈥�

These machines from Japan could put scallop farming in Maine on the map 鈥斅�Bangor Daily News聽

The Bangor Daily News of Bangs Island Mussels, which is testing new machinery that could make Maine home to the 鈥渇irst semi-automated commercial scallop aquaculture operations outside Japan.鈥�

The machines, funded by a grant, speed up the process of growing scallops on ropes off the Maine coast, something Moretti has been doing with mussels since 2010. Automation could, Moretti says, ensure that scallop farmers can consistently feed a growing market.

鈥淲e鈥檙e super excited about this project,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t could be a huge boost to the Maine economy.鈥�

Let there be dark: Advocates push Maine as astrotourism destination 鈥� Maine Sunday Telegram

Maine has exceptionally dark skies 鈥� it contains the largest area without light pollution in the eastern U.S. A group of advocates is trying to keep it that way with a formal 鈥渄ark sky鈥� designation that would help bring visitors here to marvel at the stars.

The Maine Sunday Telegram , the resource manager for one of the darkest places in the state, Baxter State Park. Baxter鈥檚 original mission of protecting the park鈥檚 natural resources 鈥渘icely aligns with minimizing human impacts like light pollution,鈥� writes Mary Pols.

But Baxter isn鈥檛 looking for a designation from the International Dark-Sky Association, as many Maine advocates want. 鈥淲e have these commitments to the deeds of trust and that is where our priorities lie,鈥� Sypitkowski said. 鈥淎nything that may conflict with it or interfere with it is not something we would want to get involved with.鈥�