In a classic tale of American land conservation, an eyesore beside the Cathance River morphs into Topsham’s first waterfront park.
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Recipe: Honeyed Strawberry Sorbet
This dessert requires an ice cream maker.
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Leaf blowers – a source of pointless pollution and maddening cacophony
Why do we keep inventions around that fail to promote the public good?
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Get busy checking out an edible perennial nursery in Falmouth
This tour of Edgewood Nursery is part of MOFGA’s Gather & Grow tour schedule.
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Sick of car culture, Ken Kurland makes a point of walking – everywhere
Right now the 63-year-old retiree from the Bronx is walking through Maine toward Canada.
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Homegrown: Sand dollars are a stylish gift from the sea
The sand dollars that Sarah Kulis turns into necklaces are caught in her lobster traps, then dyed and sealed to preserve them.
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Wild strawberries are here, there and everywhere
Until you need them to make strawberry sorbet, when they’re nowhere to be found.
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In Maine, industrial hemp is the crop to watch
How a legal shift in the state took a farm crop from zero to 60 in two years.
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Our View: State planners should tread lightly on rural rule changes
Doing away with Maine’s ‘one-mile rule’ could spur development in remote, pristine areas where it doesn’t belong.
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Study says methane leaks offset benefit of burning natural gas
A group of scientists led by the Environmental Defense Fund finds that the leak rate of methane from oil and gas operations would be worth about $2 billion and fuel 10 million homes.