{"id":33474,"date":"2025-01-23T09:47:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=33474"},"modified":"2025-03-04T10:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:00:56","slug":"talk-wicked-storms-and-rising-oceans-leading-an-island-community-in-peril","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/event\/talk-wicked-storms-and-rising-oceans-leading-an-island-community-in-peril\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk &#8211; Wicked Storms and Rising Oceans: Leading an Island Community in Peril"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, U海角社区, Orono.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Virtual attendance:<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/maine.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZctcuquqz4qGtMgB0tmPr7TVPkYzUlomblv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete the registration form<\/a> for Zoom connection information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Co-sponsors: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mcsie\/\">海角社区 Climate Science Information Exchange<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ecology &amp; Environmental Sciences, U海角社区<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/soe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School of Economics, U海角社区<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Kathleen Billings, Town Manager, Stonington, 海角社区<\/p>\n<p>A native of Deer Isle, 海角社区, Kathleen Billings has been the Town Manager for Stonington for more than 20 years. 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