Greenhouse growers in northern New England are getting a lot more scientific about how they grow their plants — and how they control the pests that want to damage them. Back in 1996, when officials in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont started offering annual workshops on integrated pest management, only about 25 percent of the […]
2013
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Bill Nemitz: Cutler sees no need for spoiler alert
Cutler’s formation of a campaign committee last week leaves no one doubting he’ll run once again for the Blaine House, just as he did in 2010, as an independent stick in the spokes of Maine’s two-party apparatus.
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Rally a call to action on limiting guns
Marchers, many of them moved by the Newtown tragedy, travel to D.C. to demand laws to save lives.
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Ryan urges unity among Republicans
The party’s candidate for vice president says that Republicans must show that they can govern.
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Pirates score early, hold on for win
PORTLAND – Rookie goaltender Mike Lee made 31 saves in his first start and the Portland Pirates scored twice in the opening two minutes of the game on their way to a 3-1 victory over the Manchester Monarchs before a crowd of 5,625 in an American Hockey League game at the Cumberland County Civic Center […]
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No sight, but lots of heart
Blindness hasn’t stopped a New Hampshire sled dog from staying on the trail, with his brother’s help.
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SATURDAY Doggone Fun all day in Greenville The Plum Creek Wilderness sled dog race will draw mushers, canine athletes and spectators to the trails of the Moosehead Lake region for two sled dog competitions. In addition to the races, activities for spectators and families are scheduled throughout the day, including child and adult snowshoe races, […]
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What’s Up in February: The asteroid that won’t remind of what could be
February is named after februa, which are rites of purification. We will be halfway through winter on the second of the month – Groundhog Day. Like most months, this month will have its share of good conjunctions. But something much more unusual also will happen. On the 15th, a little asteroid will make big news. […]
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Carey Kish: Always an active season with the AMC
When the AMC Outdoors, the bimonthly magazine of the Appalachian Mountain Club, shows up in my mailbox, it’s always a treat. Chock full of good stories, information and photos, it’s easy to while away a few hours lost in the great outdoors from the comfort of the couch. Although when you thumb through the 35 […]
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North Cairn: Soul search among the snowdrifts
With the blistering cold, the skeletons of weed shatter and what remains of the soft tissue bursts apart. If the landscape were not a shroud of gray and white, the widowed oaks, their tattered veils clattering in the mourn-shocked cold, I would almost think these exploded flares of cattails had been spent some distant time […]