by Roland D. Hallee Let’s now proceed with what life was like on The Plains in the 1950s and ‘60s. The Lockwood-Dutchess Textile Mill (the cotton mill as it was known), which was housed in three large, brick buildings at the foot of Main St., was in full operation. Many of the people in the […]
by Roland D. Hallee – While working in my garden at camp, I noticed this unusual looking dragonfly. It wasn’t your run-of-the-mill, old brown ugly dragonfly…
by Roland D. Hallee – Well, we’ve been down the whole length of Water St. Now we’ll move a little to the west, and take a stroll down Summer St…
by Roland D. Hallee Have you ever gone to bed on a warm summer night, and seen this thing flying around that resembles a large mosquito? It happens to me all the time at camp. Sitting up in bed, grabbing the book I’m reading, or possibly a magazine for some light and quick reading. And, […]
by Roland D. Hallee – One of the first buildings you will come across on the east side of Water St. is the original home of Jean Baptiste Mathieu, presumably the first permanent FrenchCanadian settler in Waterville…
by Roland D. Hallee – The red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus, is a medium-sized woodpecker…
by Roland D. Hallee – If we start along the river, there is the massive complex of the Lockwood-Dutchess Textile Mill, commonly called the cotton mill…
by Roland D. Hallee – Just north of The Plains, at the most southern end of Main St., stood an iconic landmark known, pretty much, nationwide – The Levine’s Store for Men and Boys…
by Roland D. Hallee Well, today we have an interesting question. A supporter sent an email to me stating they had seen a wolverine crossing the Bog Road, in Vassalboro, on their way home from the Vassalboro town meeting last Monday night. After looking online, this person is sure it was a wolverine. The wolverine […]
by Roland D. Hallee Recent news reports have indicated a high rate of deaths among young moose in northern Maine. Lee Kantar, the moose biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW), said the winter ticks are to blame. The ticks, also called moose ticks, are a worsening problem in the areas […]