“Turkeys are everywhere, son of a gun,” one retired forester said. “We’ve got flocks of 30, 40, 50 turkeys roaming around the fields. They’re everywhere.” Read More
They made him a promise, they said, and they intend to keep it. Read More
“I’ve been cleaning seeds all morning." Read More
“The way we live, it’s just living,” Patrick said. “I don’t think it’s a way. It’s what people have done for most of the time that people have been people.” Read More
In Maine and New England, though, the Red Delicious was never the most popular apple. Read More
They do not have the traditional school calendar nor see the yellow buses pull up to their driveways, but homeschool families still have important back-to-school rituals of their own. Read More
The woman had been hiking on Dorr Mountain when she injured her leg Monday. Read More
The annual milking contest seemed like an oasis of civility and fun in the tense, fractious political climate prevalent both state and nationwide. Read More
BELFAST, Maine — In the last few weeks, Margaret Cunningham has harvested the potatoes from her vegetable garden, painted her porch, driven herself to church, started a quilting class and put up quarts of tomatoes and pints of raspberry, blackberry and blueberry jams and jellies. It… Read More
A for-profit co-op intended to benefit farmer veterans is under new management, after embattled leader Jerry Ireland resigned his post on Friday. Read More
Two Canadian aquaculture workers were rescued Friday afternoon in Passamaquoddy Bay by a Maine Marine Patrol officer after their boat caught fire. Read More
Ongoing tensions between Belfast’s mayor and the city councilors led the officials to participate in a facilitated civility workshop this week that focused on how to get along better with each other and with the public. Read More
The labor shortage on Maine farms is part of a national phenomenon affecting many industries, experts say. Read More
Nordic Aquafarms plans to expand its proposed land-based salmon farm in Belfast by about 14 acres, the company said. Read More
“I looked everywhere — it was gone,” she said. Read More
It’s a very small house, just 320 square feet, not including the sleeping loft. There is no television, the toilet is composting, and he pumps water from his well by hand. “An outsider might think this is old-fashioned living. But I think it’s pretty creative, really.” Read More
Despite looking so much at home on this land, both the pigs and the farmers are brand new to this place. Read More
“Your tiny, tiny actions are important." Read More
In April, Belfast city councilors unanimously approved zoning ordinance changes that would allow a company planning one of the world’s largest indoor salmon farms to advance to the next stages of the project. Read More
Move over, The Lost Kitchen, there’s another hot-ticket Waldo County eatery that is putting would-be diners through their paces when it comes to making a dinner reservation. Read More
