Here are some tips on how to avoid it. In short – dig early, consider location.
May 2018
Posted inGreen Plate Special, Source
Lots of options for finding local mushrooms
Forage, shop or grow them yourself.
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Posted inHomegrown, Source
Handbags with personality
Kennebunkport woman’s homemade handbags feature everything from motorcycle pin-up girls to Eleanor Roosevelt.
Posted inLife & Culture
Society Notebook: ACLU Maine rocks out for its 50th
The 12,000-member affiliate honors board member Dan Crewe with music.
Posted inJournal Tribune
So, how did Sanford get settled, anyway?
SPRINGVALE — How many times did the folks who lived in Phillipstown attempt to incorporate the territory that would eventually become Sanford? Did you know that at one point, Springvale was the larger part of the community? Who were the first settlers? Where did they come from and how did they earn their living? The […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Mother’s Day – Financial gifts for your adult children
Mother’s Day is almost here. If you’re a mother with grown children, you might receive flowers, candy, dinner invitations or some other type of pleasant recognition. However, you might find that you can get more enjoyment from the holiday by giving, rather than receiving. The longest-lasting gifts may be financial ones — so here are […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
CLT: The Great Wood Hope
YORK COUNTY — People have been gluing up wood for thousands of years. Prehistoric peoples bonded spear points and ax heads to wood with glue. The ancient Egyptians 5,500 years ago figured out how to make veneer. Plywood is old hat: invented the year the American Civil War ended. After World War II chemists and engineers […]
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Maine CDC promotes tick-borne disease awareness
AUGUSTA – May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Maine and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding Mainers to take precautions against ticks and tick-borne diseases. Deer ticks can carry germs that cause tick-borne diseases such as Lyme, anaplasmosis and babesiosis and are most commonly found in wooded, leafy and shrubby areas — meaning […]
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Walk for veterans
SACO — The annual VA2K Walk and Roll, a national event that encourages people to live active lifestyles and support homeless veterans will be held this year on May 16. Locally, the VA2K will take place at the Saco Community Veterans Affair Clinic at the corner of Main Street and Ross Road from noon to […]
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The Other Side of the Doors
A thin boy stood before double oak doors, his head downcast. The doors, carved with scrolls and flowers, towered over him. A large owl door-knocker made from gold glowed on the left door, a silver dragon knocker bared its teeth on the right. Crystal doorknobs glittered in the sun. No one could tell the boy […]