BETHEL Over 15 regional artists are showcasing at the festival and have donated special pieces to the event’s raffle. Attendees receive five complimentary tickets upon entry. The Mahoosuc Land Trust’s (MLT) “Habitat for All” initiative focuses on the philosophy that small actions lead to big changes. It invites everyone to reimagine outdoor spaces as […]
GREENWOOD On Saturday, before Woodstock Town Manager Vern Maxfield was sworn in as Greenwood town meeting moderator, Select Board Member Amy Chapman read the Annual Report Dedication to Bob Coolidge, who ran Bob’s Corner Store (previously Lee’s Variety) on Main Street in Locke’s Mills. Coolidge had brought a tableful of family – 11 in […]
GREENWOOD Suzanne and Brian Dunham of Dunham Farm and Velvet Hollow Sugar Works are the first Maine maple producers formally recognized in Maine Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Maple program. Steve Hagenbuch, senior conservation biologist and forester with Audubon Vermont, created the Bird-Friendly Maple program. He visited Dunham Farm last summer and worked to enroll them in […]
BETHEL Four area farms are planning to participate in Maine Maple Sunday on March 26. All will open on the 26th and some may be open both the 25th and the 26th. Bruce Pierce and Alan Sleet On Bruce Pierce’s first day of boiling sap, the converted shed he uses beside his Newry house […]
Becky Kopp Dunham, co-owner of Together Counseling and its “Farm to Farm Services,” talks about pressures from uncertainties coming to bear on North Dakota farm and ranch families. Sean Brotherson, a North Dakota State University Extension family specialist, describes the multi-state grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that can help farmers under stress.