Yesterday marked the 14th annual World Oceans Day, a day dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans and their resources. Starting in 2008, June 8 was officially designated as an international day of celebration by the United Nations General Assembly. It began as a collaborative concept of The Ocean Project, a network of some 2000 organizations […]

Recently a high school classmate of mine posted an image showing dozens of electric cars in a junkyard near France with a caption indicating they were abandoned due to failed batteries and were now leaking dangerous chemicals, harming the environment they were created to save. There was a negative comment questioning the move to electric […]

Dresden, Wiscasset and Woolwich have posted surveys on town websites, Facebook pages and town offices to gain insight into internet use and financial costs to residents, businesses and property owners. The three communities have been working collaboratively on the issue of expanding broadband services. The towns are working on a request for proposal to send […]

We gardeners spend so much time stressing over what our plants need that we often forget they grew just fine for millennia without us. Suppose we step back from our self-aggrandizing human nature and take our cues from actual nature instead? That would save time, money and the environment by reducing the need for fertilizers, […]

Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park offers nature programs daily through June at 2 p.m. The programs start at the benches by the end of the second parking lot unless otherwise noted and may include walks, talks, and activities in a beautiful natural setting. Programs last about one hour unless otherwise noted, weather permitting. No reservations […]