No one in the state counts squirrels officially. Unofficially, the bodies are stacking up. Maine biologists, motorists and road crews are seeing more squirrels successfully make it across the street — and not — after a healthy crop of acorns and other nuts last fall led to a robust squirrel population this year. It’s the […]
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With industry in decline, wild blueberries sing the blues
DEBLOIS (AP) — In the era of superfoods, Maine blueberries aren’t so super. The Maine wild blueberry industry harvests one of the most beloved fruit crops in New England, but it’s locked in a downward skid in a time when other nutrition-packed foods, from acai to quinoa, dominate the conversation about how to eat. And […]
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Plovers have record-setting summer on Maine beaches
It was a banner year for piping plovers in Maine. A record number of the endangered shorebirds nested on beaches from Ogunquit to Georgetown and produced a record number of fledglings, according to Maine Audubon. Maine beaches hosted 68 nesting pairs that fledged 128 birds, continuing a decade of steady growth in their population. “That’s […]
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Federal aid gets veggies to Maine seniors
An influx of federal aid is bolstering a program designed to make sure Maine seniors get fresh vegetables. The U.S. Department of Agriculture boosted its support for the Maine Senior FarmShare Program by $60,000 this summer, allowing the program’s manager to clear a waiting list and open the program to an additional 1,000 Maine seniors. […]
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Maine Open Lighthouse Day shines a light on marine history
From 900 feet away on shore, you can’t appreciate the bell made by an apprentice of Paul Revere. Or the bulky electric fog horns nicknamed R2D2 (squint and there’s a slight resemblance). Or the cool, round, lighthouse keepers’ bedrooms. Or the hole in the deck for the former outhouse — long defunct but wild to […]
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Desda Rutledge Fogg
FREDERICK, Md. — Desda Rutledge Fogg, 80, of Mount Airy, Md., and formerly of Norway, passed away at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, Md. She was born in Norway on Sept. 4, 1938, to Leonard Rutledge and Ruth Louise Tracy.
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Summer heat near record
It’s been hot in Maine this summer, but not quite record-breaking hot. At least not yet. Temperatures in southern Maine topped 90 degrees Tuesday and are expected to do the same Wednesday, prompting school officials to dismiss students early and cancel sports practices, and sending people flocking to beaches. And, by the end of this week, the burst […]
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Rick Charette to play at Maine Wildlife Park
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26, presents popular Maine kids’ singer, Rick Charette, from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 8. Over 1,000 children and their families have come out each year to hear Charette and see the show under the pines of the park picnic area. This year, Rick will sign autographs […]
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MSGA's Randy Hodsdon hooked on the rules of golf
Randy Hodsdon, left, talks to Peter French on the 18th green while working as a roving rules official on the back nine during final round of Charlie’s Maine Open earlier this month at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUBURN — So you want to become an rules official for golf? Like […]
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Portland's international cryptozoology conference full of beasts, Bigfoot and Nessie
PORTLAND — For the third annual International Cryptozoology Conference, Loren Coleman has packed the schedule with all things Bigfoot, beast and unexplained — and plans to announce he’ll lead an expedition in search of the Loch Ness monster in 2019. The conference is being held Sept. 1-2 at the Brick South building on Portland’s Thompson’s […]