A proposal by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to remove an area of white pine trees from the state forest is facing pushback from local forestry experts.
Farm & Garden
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By LYNNE IRONS I used the New Year’s Eve storm and the next day’s bitter cold to spend some time in the kitchen. I wanted to “make do” with what...
By LYNNE IRONS My chickens have not given me an egg in almost a month. I have a small flock — one elderly rooster, 11 assorted hens and three...
By LYNNE IRONS About 30 years ago I spent my first Christmas morning alone. My children had a spend-over visit with their father. I was lounging...
Load 16 tons, What do you get? Another day older And deeper in debt! I ran into Nancy Hall in the Vineyard Haven post office, who reminded...
By LYNNE IRONS I devoted a good deal of time last Saturday to cutting the bittersweet from the deer fencing around my vegetable garden. It is so...
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Nature & Science Stories
After eight years of research, a new breakthrough in science has taken a big step forward in potentially stopping the transmission of Lyme disease between mice and ticks.
A new report from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium this week estimated that the right whale population rose to about 372 whales at the beginning of 2023, up from a previous estimate of 356 whales.