FARMINGTON — Maine apple guru John Bunker, the founder of Fedco Trees and the Maine Heritage Orchard, will discuss the history of apples in Maine at 11:45 a.m. Friday, April 22, at the University of Maine at Farmington. The presentation will take place in The Landing in the Olsen Student Center. The talk was organized […]
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Animal Tales: Volunteers help find lost pets
LISBON — When Apples the cat didn’t come home for three days this summer, Lacey Cornell panicked. She was used to the 6-year-old gray cat coming and going, but he’d never been gone for so long. Even though Apples spent much of his time prowling his Lisbon neighborhood, he almost always came home for breakfast. […]
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Livermore Falls man still picking apples at 90
JAY — Ninety-year-old Harold Souther of Livermore Falls quickly picked one Cortland apple after another Tuesday at the orchard at Berry Fruit Farm, as classical music sounded from his car. Souther, a farmer and veteran apple-picker, filled a basket that hung from straps around his shoulders. He walked between the trees to the apple bin, […]