Lights in the shape of a Christmas tree that have graced the baked beans factory for a generation will endure as it is redeveloped as a high-tech hub.
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Posted inNation / World
California wildfires this year torched thousands of giant sequoia trees
Intense fires that burned hot enough and high enough to kill so many giant sequoias – trees once considered nearly fire-proof – puts an exclamation point on the impact of climate change.
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Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Bethel Sawmill
BETHEL — When circling the back of Hancock Lumber’s Bethel Sawmill on a free tour September 17, one can see three different piles of clean paper chips. One patch is sent to go on and make paper, another pile of sawdust is made into pellets and used for animal bedding, and the last pile of […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
West Gardiner facility only one in Maine producing urban wood slabs
Niles Krech and Steve Pracher started the Maine Urban Timber Co. after realizing there was no other business in the state producing urban live slab lumber.
Posted inMaine
Knotty tree fungus strikes cherry, plum trees in Augusta
City officials plan to remove 14 infected cherry trees at Monument Park, off Memorial Circle.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Norway’s Ordway Grove boasts some of Maine’s oldest trees
The pines and hemlocks growing in the 10-acre forest date back as far as 1700.
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Windham man dies in Colorado skiing accident
Windham man has died in a skiing accident in Colorado, according to a report by News Center Maine (WCSH/WLBZ). Derek Cressey was skiing at Breckenridge Ski Resort when he crashed into a tree around 9:50 a.m. on March 8. Summit County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado said Cressey, who was wearing a ski helmet, was taken […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Rumford Falls Times, sj-web, The Franklin Journal
Insurance bureau can help with storm damages
AUGUSTA — In the aftermath of recent storms, Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa reminds Maine residents with weather-related property damage that the Bureau of Insurance is a resource for those with questions about homeowners, renters, auto or commercial property policies. Cioppa also reminded those impacted of the following best practices when experiencing storm damage: • […]
Posted inPerspective, sj-web
A mysterious underwater forest warns of Earth's rapidly changing climate
The discovery began with a rumor about a fishing “honey hole” somewhere off the Alabama coast where the red snapper was plentiful. By the time Ben Raines — an environmental reporter for the Mobile Press Register — heard about the location, the rumor had evolved. Apparently, a local dive shop owner told him, the fish […]
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
Trees to be planted along South Main Street
AUBURN — Auburn Public Services staff and volunteers will be joined by employees from TD Bank at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Raymond Park, 78 South Main St., to participate in TD Tree Days. Volunteers will plant 58 trees along South Main Street, from Bolster to Ipswich Street. They will be planted in the […]