Semifinalists
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced recently the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 60th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth about $33 million that will be offered next spring. Semifinalists in Bangor area are:
• Bangor High School: Samuel Kenney, Hannah Rubin.
• John Bapst Memorial High School: Julia Leslie, Lydia MacKay, Karen Noble, Matthew Norris, Michael Tormey, Charlotte Zelz.
• Old Town High School: Conor Millard.
• Orono High School: Judith Astumian, Justin O’Brien.
Colleges
University of Maine
ORONO — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Acting State Conservationist, Cathee Pullman, announced that the University of Maine will receive $34,854 to carry out a pollinator habitat project. These funds will be awarded through a Conservation Innovation Grant, a component of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
The objective of the grant, “Toward Pollinator Habitat on a Large Scale”, is to provide food for native bees and honey bees by improving plantings selected for pollinator gardens. This will be accomplished through demonstration gardens at Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden, which is managed by Casella Waste Systems, and at G. M. Allen and Son, producer of Maine wild blueberries in Orland.
In addition to cooperators Casella Waste Systems and G. M. Allen and Son in Orland, the steering committee includes Jean Hay Bright of BrightBerry Farm, Dixmont, and Jeffrey and Patty Crawford of Dancing Goat Farm, Montville.