HARRISON — Jump in, the water is fine! That’s the message from Town Manager Tim Pellerin after social media began circulating a false story that the popular Crystal Lake was polluted with E. coli. “Someone saw something, someone said something or heard something, and immediately we started getting calls,” Pellerin said late last week. The […]
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Henrique scores twice, Ducks end Bruins’ win streak
BOSTON — Adam Henrique scored twice and the Anaheim Ducks ended Boston’s 18-game point streak with a 3-1 victory over the Bruins on Tuesday night. Jakob Silfverberg also scored for the Ducks, the first team to beat the Bruins in regulation since Washington’s 5-3 win Dec. 14 at Boston. Cam Fowler and Rickard Rakell had […]
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Duckling gets an unpleasant surprise
A tiny peep floated into the air from under Millie. A closer look revealed a little brown, fluffy duckling — the first that has hatched from my Khaki Campbell ducks. Many goslings have hatched over the years, including this year’s Sunshine, Cloudy and Rainy. Since they were born a couple of weeks ago, they have […]
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Springtime means fun in the pool, fresh eggs
It’s spring — and my geese and ducks are so happy! I dug out all the kiddie pools, cleaned them up and then filled them with water. They could hardly wait until the hose had finished its job. It’s been almost six months since they’ve had a little pool to splash and play in, and […]
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Legion Baseball: Franklin County runs winning streak to 8 in victory over Highland Green
While they did strand nine more batters on base Tuesday, the Flyers — once again — found a way to win. Franklin County used a three-run fourth inning to stretch its winning streak to eight after a 4-1 victory over Highland Green in a rain-shortened, six-inning Zone 2 American Legion baseball contest. “I’ve said to […]
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Ducks waddle past Bruins in OT
BOSTON (AP) — Ryan Getzlaf scored 3:09 into overtime to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Getzlaf, who also assisted on Corey Perry’s tying goal late in the third period, beat Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask from the slot with a wrist shot over his shoulder to […]
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New birds invade the pen as signs of spring emerge
The “dinosaurs” have invaded the goose pen. These wild turkeys help themselves to the cracked corn, bread crumbs and anything else I provide to my increasingly amorous flock. The turkeys — which I really like because they are just so different from any other bird, wild or domestic — seem to have found a home […]
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Finny and the flock, Pekins and Khaki Campbell ducks wish everyone a great Christmas
Trying to get my beautiful goose flock to pose — more or less — in front of a bright red bow proved impossible. Even with some fresh celery that they love, they would not get anywhere near where I had hung the bow. But as soon as I removed it — sure enough — they […]
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New Hampshire driver stops to help ducklings, gets ticket
NEWFIELDS, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman who called police after stopping in a highway median to help some stranded ducklings plans to fight a $44 ticket. Hallie Bibeau of Newfields said she was driving east on Route 101 on Friday when she had to slam on her brakes to avoid hitting the ducklings. […]