2022
A JUVENILE SNOW GOOSE
A JUVENILE SNOW GOOSE swims with a Canada goose in a Lubec pond. Maine is not a natural habitat for snow geese. (Loring Munson photo)
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2022
AT A RALLY
AT A RALLY in front of the State House in Augusta on April 25, a large crowd urged support for LD 906, a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into an aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik and Eastport. (Robin Farrin photo)
2022
PEPPER
PEPPER is one of eight newborn lambs at Shofar Farms in Perry so far this spring, with a total of 12 expected. The farm raises Icelandic sheep, which are one of the oldest breeds, descended directly from the sheep brought to Iceland by early Viking settlers in the 9th and
2022
TO THE RESCUE
TO THE RESCUE! The five-man crew on the 29-foot response boat from U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport prepares to pick up a 17-year-old whose 10-foot paddle boat had swamped off Robbinston on Saturday morning, April 2. A 20-knot wind had kicked up three- to four-foot seas, and the water
2022
Transmission risk for avian flu is high
Jason and Stephanie Strongin of Machiasport have been raising backyard chickens for 50 years. The death of older hens is something they understand and expect, but when three older chickens died within a week and then were followed by a young bird, they grew alarmed.
2022
Proposal for Flagpole of Freedom Park outlined
Flying an American flag half again larger than a football field, on a pole standing taller than the Empire State Building -- that is only part of the vision Morrill Worcester and his family have outlined for their planned $1 billion, 2,500-acre Flagpole of Freedom Park.
2022
Local mining ordinance eyed for Pembroke
The Pembroke Town Hall was packed with an interested if noisy crowd the evening of April 6 when an information meeting was held to discuss the proposed metallic mineral mining ordinance.