As a garden writer I get a lot of email from people warning me about pending catastrophes: blights, bugs, invasive plants. Some are accurate, some are not. In 2012 we were told that a disease kills Impatiens (a lovely annual flower for shade) would make growing it impossible – ever again. But last year it […]

WASHINGTON Michelle Obama said the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls in Nigeria last month is a “tragic reminder” of the risks girls around the world face to get an education. The first lady met Thursday at the White House with more than a dozen leaders to discuss furthering education for girls in the U.S. and […]

WASHINGTON The Agriculture Department will allow some schools to delay adding more whole-grains to meals this year, responding to criticism from school nutrition officials and Congress that the standards were too difficult to put in place. The delay comes hours after a Republican-led House spending panel criticized the Obama administration’s healthier school-lunch standards and proposed […]

Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick A girl, Hattie Cyr Paquette, to Jason Edward and Katelin Urgese Paquette of Topsham, May 5, 2014. A boy, Jace Gregory Marino, to Joshua Andrew Marino and Margaret Yvonne Easterling of Bath, May 5, 2014. A boy, Kaiden Sears Pomelow, to Zac Michael Pomelow and Kalie Lynn Sears of Litchfield, May […]