Summertime in the Belgrades

June 9, 2006Vol. 8, No. 3


Summertime in the Belgrades

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Bluegrass fans

Bluegrass fans soak up the music at the Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival, with a temporary city of RV's in the background. More . . .

Watershed
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What's your Frog Quotient?

You can gauge the amount of development on a lake shore by counting the number of green frogs. As development increases, the number of frogs per 100 feet of shoreline decreases. More . . .

Legacies

Pownalborough Courthouse, 1761

Walking on the historic grounds and on the peaceful wooded trail along the Kennebec River that is part of the Pownalborough Courthouse property it is easy to look back to the wilderness that greeted the arrival of the first Colonists. In the excellently-preserved courthouse itself, it is easy to imagine the lives and times of a world almost two and a half centuries ago. More . . .

Conservation

Understanding Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is a bacterial tick-borne infection that affects humans, dogs, horses and other animals. Since 1986, there have been more than 100 cases confirmed among Maine residents, primarily in York and Cumberland Counties in southern Maine. It is just beginning to appear inland. More . . .

Conservation Too

Summer Plans of the Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District

Field season at Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District began early this year. Our projects for 2006 are as varied as the watersheds in which they occur. More . . .

Expressions

The Blistered Fingers Festival: More Than Just Music

Family getting together, picking guitars, strumming, singing. The harmonica joins in, maybe a banjo, the feet tapping, stamping or even clogging. It's a return to the good old days when the world was only as big as the neighborhood and thrived on intergenerational musicmaking and storytelling. More . . .

Fishing

It's All About Timing

Sometime an angler just gets unlucky. You know the old saying, timing is everything. Well, that's definitely true when it comes to fishing. More . . .

Business

Maranacook Yarns: A Local Source of Quality Yarns

Surrounded by a most intriguing array of colorful yarns, accessories and finished samples of knit and felt goods, Gari Smith-Bayreuther, owner of Maranacook Yarns in Manchester, works in a world she loves. More . . .


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