Emily Larrabee, second from left, Lillian Hooper and Emma Berube take a close look at a hemlock slab during a timber harvest field trip at Smithfield Plantation in Litchfield on Friday. Smithfield trustee David Larrabee, right, and volunteers who work within the forestry field hosted 100 fourth grade students from Carrie Ricker School. Students got […]
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RSU 4 students learn outdoor skills
Nine-year-old Kaylynn Washburn, a third-grader at Carrie Ricker School in Litchfield, points her solar panel toward the sun Thursday while trying to create enough electricity to make her fan spin at Smithfield Plantation, also in Litchfield. Fifteen volunteer presenters taught five classes of third-graders a variety of outdoor-related lessons, including survival, owl pellets, every tree for […]
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Forestry Day at Smithfield Plantation in Litchfield
Litchfield logger Richard Taylor talks with fourth-graders from Carrie Ricker Elementary School during a timber harvest field trip at Smithfield Plantation in Litchfield on Nov. 9. Six classes of fourth-graders got to see firsthand how a working forest is managed by two district foresters, Taylor and a sawmill operator. The field trip was part of […]
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First Auburn Seniors to meet AUBURN — The First Auburn Senior Citizens will meet for a regular meeting and Valentine’s Day lunch at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15. The Seniors will crown a king and queen and play bingo. There were 29 members present at the last meeting. Attendance winners were David LePage and Carol LePage; Pot […]