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No warnings on Maine fiddleheads, despite health concerns over Canadian ferns

As foragers take to the woods and riverbanks in Maine to collect the spring’s first tender fiddlehead shoots, their counterparts across the border are being warned of health risks associated with this year’s wild crop.

Irving unveils its plans for 51,000 acres in Fish River Lakes chain

The public gets its first opportunity to comment on a plan to rezone 51,000 acres within the Fish River Chain of Lakes at two public hearings later this month in northern Maine.

This website helps you discover the perfect Maine bike route

It’s a familiar conundrum for bicycling enthusiasts — the desire to explore new roads or trails on two wheels competing with the fear of encountering monster hills, heavy vehicular traffic or simply getting lost on unfamiliar routes.

Unusual spring weather leaves Maine maple syrup in short supply

Holly Hardwick has done all she can to ensure a productive maple syrup season. Now it’s up to Mother Nature to determine whether this is going to be a boom or bust year.

Why these Mainers call life at the end of the road home in rural Allagash

In best of weather, Allagash is a 40-mile drive over potholes and cracked tar to the nearest larger town of Fort Kent.

April snow Friday morning

Residents of the St. John Valley woke up to about two inches of of April snow Friday morning.

That seed-eating ground beetle may be your garden’s best friend

It may lack the drama of a lion taking down an antelope on the Serengeti, but that small beetle scuttling through your garden is just as predatory when it comes to going after weed seeds.

Companion gardening matches crops with their plant BFFs

Randy Sullivan remembers gardening as a teenager with his grandmother, who always planted her radishes with her cucumbers.

Allagash senator wants increased attention on challenges for rural agriculture

Legislation aimed at providing lawmakers with a broader understanding of economic challenges facing farmers and producers in far-flung corners of the state has been approved by committee and will next head to the Senate floor.

Newborn calves present their own brand of ‘March madness’ on northern Maine farm

These days, Erin Parisien is never sure what to expect when she arrives at her beef cattle barns off Route 161 just south of Fort Kent.

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