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Sustainable Living: How can I do less autumn yardwork — and do it more quietly?

If you own a home, currently you face the usual autumn yardwork: collecting and disposing of leaves, sawing fallen tree limbs, trimming bushes, and so on. How to save time and — if using power tools — limit air and noise pollution? One option is to “leave the leaves,” which saves time, fertilizes the soil […]

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From the Chocolate Church: A weekend of classic rock and soul

This season at the Chocolate Church is a spirited combination of familiar favorites and new offerings across genres, disciplines and sensibilities. Honestly, I love it all. The weekend of Oct. 11 and 12 is a one-two punch of CCAC classics: Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations and Being Petty. My recommendation: Put on your dungarees […]

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BoomerTECH Adventures: Space weather and chasing the aurora borealis

October’s shorter days and cooler weather transform our Maine landscapes into bright waves of color, bringing leaf peepers to our state. But did you know that autumn is also the time to watch our northern New England night skies for the shifting fluorescent colors of the aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights? And […]

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Your Land: Hidden costs of the spill

Behind the justified outcry following the recent chemical spill at Brunswick Landing is a smaller, but no less potent story of loss and waste. Eighty percent of the Landing’s stormwater drains into a stormwater system that sends its flow into a chain of ponds — Pond A, Pond B, Pond Area C and Picnic Pond […]