Professional skateboarder Jud Heald is Bath through Friday, March 5, to help make changes to the Midcoast Youth Center’s skatepark. The skatepark offers skateboarding, BMX biking, scootering and inline skating for local youth attending programs at the center. Classes are also available for younger kids on Saturdays along with regular session fees for skaters that help fund […]

I have recently received several inquiries about how to deal with used cooking oils. Those could be either olive oil, safflower oil, or whatnot that we add to the pan, or it could mean the grease and oil that collects in the pan when we cook a roast, a chicken or a batch of bacon. […]

Why do flowers smell? – Henry E., Age 9, Somerville, Massachusetts Imagine walking through a tropical forest as a sweet scent wafts through the air. A little farther down the path, the putrid stench of rotting flesh makes you catch your breath. Upon investigation, you find that both odors originate from flowers – but why […]

It feels like it was the last hurrah, thinking back to the Maine Fishermen’s Forum last year, held March 5-7 at the Samoset Resort in Rockland. It was the 46th event that drew fishermen from throughout the state. The purpose is to share information and experiences about everything from advances in groundfishing gear to discussions […]

Some weeks ago, I talked here about the three-part program Brunswick has implemented for handing organic wastes. One of those is the large totes that Agri-Cycle has placed next to the leaf drop on Industry Road, which have seen an impressive amount of activity since they were installed. In recent weeks, that activity has dropped […]