AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoMaine STEM & space outreach: The Challenger Learning Center of Maine hosted a Bangor “Bangor Greendrinks” networking night with VR trips to the International Space Station, drone racing, and night-sky viewing—aimed at bringing adults into STEM, not just K-12 students. Clean energy boats (Maine-built): A mostly solar-electric 49-foot catamaran, Firefly, built at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding in Thomaston, is heading from Maine to Camden to start ferrying students for hands-on science lessons on the Delaware River. NOAA fisheries modernization: Sen. Angus King co-sponsored the Fisheries Science Modernization Act to update NOAA’s fish stock counts with more accurate, cost-effective surveys—key for Maine’s fisheries. Park service shake-up: Reporting says Trump plans a hub-and-spoke National Park Service restructure that could elevate major parks like Acadia into “hubs,” raising concerns about transparency and staffing. Maine infrastructure tech: MaineDOT released video and new details on the Aug. 13 Old Town bridge partial collapse, including use of fiber-reinforced polymer composite tub girders developed with the University of Maine and made by Basalt International. Health research boost: Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor is building an open-access Parkinson’s “stem cell toolkit” with engineered genetic signatures, backed by major grants.
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