ANDOVER — Glenn A. “Chop” Dunn, 54, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, at his residence in Andover. Born in Rumford on Feb. 3, 1963, he was a son of Leon and Shirley (Dayon) Dunn. Glenn was a graduate of Telstar Regional High School and worked for Morgan Concrete as a concrete technician. He loved hunting, fishing and […]
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Shirley J. Hilton
NORRIDGEWOCK — Shirley J. Hilton, of Norridgewock, passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 8, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Lewiston, on Dec. 30, 1928, daughter of Lester S. and Annie (Penley) Jackson. Shirley grew up in Auburn and graduated from Edward Little High School in 1946. In her youth, […]
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Lawmakers hope to ease the sale of locally produced meat
AUGUSTA — Among animals that Maureen Barnard raises on her Old Moses Farm in Knox County are rabbits whose meat she’s sold to high-end restaurants and grocery stores in the midcoast area for the past five years. Barnard told lawmakers recently that because the law requires her to use a regulated slaughterhouse, she needs to […]
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Supporters hope to organize first-in-the-country food and farming credit union
Joel Alex wants more local grain for his fast-growing Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon Falls and he’s got farmers in Auburn and Leeds who want to grow it. The hitch: They don’t have the right equipment or storage space for commercial-grade grain, and it’s a $5,000 to $20,000 investment to do it right. That’s where […]
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Freight sails from Portland for sale in Boston
PORTLAND — As she walked along the wharf at 400 West Commercial St., Leah Cook had a question. “So who is schlepping?” she asked of almost a dozen volunteer stevedores helping to go back to the future of seafaring with Maine Sail Freight, a project designed to get consumers and producers to re-examine sustainable interstate […]
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Meet the new farmers: Sarah Ingalls and Darren Brann, Cape Cod Hill Farm
NEW SHARON — Last spring, Sarah Ingalls and Darren Brann started a flower, vegetable and herb farm on his family’s generations-old beef farm. “I think the draw is, for me especially, it’s being in the outdoors,” said Ingalls, 26. “Working with the environment to feed myself and others. I think that’s probably a big thing, […]