EXPLORE MAINE'S RURAL FUTURE AND HOW POLICY COULD SHAPE IT AT MAINE POLICY REVIEW PANEL MAY 20

ORONO, Maine, May 15 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:

From the loss of maternity care to the revitalization of downtowns, rural Maine is changing. How policy plays a role in its ongoing transition will be explored in a panel from the Maine Policy Review, a University of Maine peer-reviewed journal, at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20 at the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan.

The panel follows the journal's release of a special issue on rural Maine. It will will feature leaders in healthcare, economic development and agriculture who contributed to the publication, including:

* Rhiannon Hampson, vice president for economic development and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.

* Shelley Megquier, director of pol...