Jacqueline Briggs Martin fell in love with the story of the chiru. Known for its ultra-fine wool, the Tibetan antelope had been so aggressively poached that it was in danger of extinction. The Chinese government would protect the chiru with a preserve, but only if someone could figure out where, exactly, the animals migrated to […]
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National author will pay visit to Turner on Oct. 17
TURNER — On Sunday, Oct. 17, nationally acclaimed children’s book author Jacqueline Briggs Martin will return to her native town to discuss the research and writing of her latest book, “The Chiru of High Tibet.” Martin won the Caldecott Award in 1999 for her book “Snowflake Bentley,” illustrated by Mary Azarian. She will be at […]
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Government at a glance: Turner
Board: Turner Selectmen Met: Monday night Let there be ice fishing Issue: Emile Gagnon told the board that Little Wilson Pond has been closed to ice fishing since 1968. The scoop: He’d like to see that changed. In a straw vote, selectmen voted unanimously to support him. Up next: Gagnon is petitioning the Department of […]
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Put little faith in egg baron’s public apology
Back in June, months before Austin “Jack” DeCoster became the national face of industrial chicken farming, we argued that a $34,000 fine leveled against his Turner mega-farm was too small. At the time, DeCoster’s Maine Contract Farming was on the hot seat for animal cruelty violations secretly recorded during an investigation by an outside group. […]
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Medical van brings health care to migrant workers
TURNER — Maurice Logan’s lower back had been hurting for weeks. It wasn’t enough to stop the 44-year-old Jamaican man from working at Ricker Hill Orchards harvesting apples, but he still ached for relief. He knew going to the doctor would have been expensive. A migrant worker, Logan sent all of his money home to […]
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Turner weighs two new housing developments
TURNER — The town is considering two new subdivisions after a drought of new applications in the past year or so. Ledgeview off County Road would be a 13-lot subdivision. Apple Ridge, in part of the former Cooper’s apple orchard abutting General Turner Hill Road, would have 12 lots. John Maloney, a consultant to the […]
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Barbara London quartet will play at Turner gazebo
TURNER — Jazz flutist, pianist and vocalist Barbara London will perform with her quartet Sunday, Sept. 26, at the “Music for Mavis” community gazebo. The concert will feature original compositions, jazz standards and popular tunes done in the group’s improvisational style. London’s original music is varied in style, ranging from straight-ahead jazz instrumentals and classical […]
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Land for Maine’s Future to consider four Western Maine parcels
TURNER — The Land For Maine’s Future board will vote Tuesday whether to fund four Western Maine projects, including two here that would add access to Androscoggin Riverlands State Park and keep a 624-acre farm in farming. The projects, according to Program Director Tim Glidden: — 87 acres in Turner known as the Dupuis parcel […]