Jason Lilley, a maple industry educator with the UMaine Cooperative Extension, says the fact that maple trees are dropping their leaves a week early indicates they are stressed, and stress is bad for sugar production.
That bone-chilling screech you've heard in movies and on TV actually belongs to a different bird.
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Protestors across Western Massachusetts joined others across the state and the nation in "No Kings" rallies denouncing everything from ICE raids to cuts in food assistance benefits.
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The nationwide series of protests included at least 40 demonstrations in Maine. Participants talked about what they see as Trump's unlawful expansions of executive powers and cuts to essential services.
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The crowd was nearly double the size of the previous No Kings rally in Hartford in June.
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Demonstrators gathered in communities across New Hampshire on Saturday in protest of several Trump administration policies. The rallies were part of the nationwide No Kings movement.
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Dartmouth was one of nine colleges and universities asked to sign the White House’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The compact offered schools preferential access to federal funding in exchange for adopting several Trump administration policies.
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Here’s the thing, Connecticut: The NHL may be long gone, but we’ve got three pro hockey teams here right now, today. Danbury’s got the Hat Tricks. And we’ve got two affiliated minor league teams, the Bridgeport Islanders and the Rangers farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack.
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The Vermont state senator who’s been under pressure to resign since revelations surfaced this week of his participation in a racist group chat announced Friday evening that he’s leaving public office.
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The state Attorney General filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit this week, claiming Sig Sauer must cease selling its popular P320 gun in New Jersey because it can allegedly fire unexpectedly.
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