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I'm Geeking Out! Neil deGrasse Tyson Will Be Speaking in Central Maine
Maybe I’m a little desensitized to celebrities because my job has given me the opportunity to meet so many of them. Or maybe it’s just because this guy tickles my inner geek (that sounded really weird). Either way, I’m literally giddy over what I just read in the news this morning.
As I was sipping my morning coffee and scrolling through the local news, I’m came across a story on WGME 13 about astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson. At first, I was a little confused was Tyson would be making the local Maine news page on WGME… but then I kept reading.
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As it turns out, Neil deGrasse Tyson, world renowned astrophysicist, scientist, tv and podcast host, is going to be speaking in Maine at a college commencement. WGME is reporting that even though the commencement isn’t until spring of 2025, Neil deGrasse Tyson has already been booked to speak at Maine’s Unity Environmental University.
Unity Environmental University President and CEO, Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, told WGME in part about Tyson,
“That is what we try to do at Unity. Make sure that our graduates are out there, you know, changing minds. So for us, it just became an obvious choice. He is, he embodies, what we try to do in our graduates.”
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Though Unity Environmental College has had their fair share of famous speakers in the past, Tyson will arguably be the most notable that the school has ever booked. WGME said that the college is expecting more than 1,000 graduates to attend the commencement which is to be held at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium next May.
Now to figure out how I can weasel my way in to attending this…
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It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
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