An army of fiddlehead pickers has spread across Maine each morning for the past few weeks to scour streams and riverbanks and fill onion sacks with the tiny curlicue ferns, named for their resemblance to a fiddle’s head.
April 2012
Insecurity about food
FARMINGTON — Maine not only needs to produce more local food, the state also needs to establish a food system that processes, packages and ships the food.
J.P. DEVINE: Jack won’t hit the road
By now Seamus, the Romney’s Irish setter, has found himself a place in political literature, and has almost replaced Lassie as the most famous dog in American history.
MLB: Lester picks up his 1st win of season
CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester outdueled Jake Peavy on Saturday night, lifting the Boston Red Sox to 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox for their sixth straight win.
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Thomas softball to play for NAC championship
BANGOR — No. 4 Thomas college earned another upset win, beating No. 2 Castleton State 3-1, to earn a berth in the North Atlantic Conference championship round Saturday afternoon at O’Keefe Field.
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Warren sparks Eagles
OAKLAND — Devin Warren took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and also drove in a pair to lead the Messalonskee baseball team past Mt. Blue 10-0 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Saturday.
NFL DRAFT: Patriots shore up defense
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots spent the majority of the 2012 NFL draft focused on improving 2011’s league-worst defense.
J.P. DEVINE: Jack won’t hit the road
By now Seamus, the Romneys’ Irish Setter, has found himself a place in political literature, and has almost replaced Lassie as the most famous dog in American history.
STILL LIFE: Every day is Earth Day
Children from Common Street Gallery march across Main Street in downtown Waterville in the Costume Parade to mark Earth Day on Saturday. The children created their own costumes during art classes at Common Street Gallery.
Groups show Earth Day enthusiasm in Waterville
WATERVILLE — The Sustain Mid Maine Coalition turned out in force Saturday with its Environmental Expo 2012 at the second annual Earth Day Move & Groove celebration of the arrival of spring.