by Roland D. Hallee Not having gone to college as originally planned, Margaret Williams, 64, of Clinton, decided it was time to do something. So, at the age of 22, she enlisted in the Army National Guard. Thus began a long military career for the 1974 Winthrop High School graduate. At the time of her […]
Noisy, plentiful acorns; obscure beech nuts by Roland D. Hallee While preparing breakfast last Saturday, I glanced out the kitchen window towards my recently cleaned up garden plot. As I looked around I noticed some movement, and commented to my wife: “I think I have a title for a new country song, ‘There’s a squirrel […]
by Roland D. Hallee The Maine moose hunting season is underway. It has not always been that way. The moose hunting season was reintroduced in 1980 on an experimental basis, when 700 permits were issued to residents. At that time, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife estimated the moose population to be in […]
by Roland D. Hallee That is the beginning of the popular child’s rhyme about lady bugs. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Many years ago, when our kids were growing up, we did a lot of camping in our popup camper. Every year, after the campgrounds closed, usually on Columbus Day weekend, we would take […]
by Roland D. Hallee Well, we’re coming up on the middle of October, and time to take a look at what Mother Nature has provided to us in regards to a preview of the upcoming winter. Brrrr! Dread the thought! During the summer and fall, our little critters, and even our vegetation, provides us with […]
by Roland D. Hallee Recent awareness of several motor vehicle crashes on Route 225, in Rome, has prompted the Maine Department of Transportation to suspend the use of an asphalt sealant that has been used. The investigation will focus on the mixture used in the sealant and whether that is the cause of the slippery […]
by Roland D. Hallee Last weekend while closing camp for the season, I had an encounter with the hickory tussock caterpillar. Although I didn’t touch it, but merely flicked it off a cleaning bottle, I think I stirred up its hairs and came down with a mild rash on my forearm. It lasted a little […]
by Roland D. Hallee A few weeks back, I wrote about how strange this past summer has been (see The Town Line, August 15, 2019). My research also revealed that I wrote a similar column back in 2015. Is there a pattern developing? Anyway, one of the things I mentioned was the lack of bees […]
by Roland D. Hallee A couple of weeks ago we remembered the tragic events of September 11, 2001. That prompted me to want to share a journey I recently experienced. Back on August 8, my wife and I, along with our daughter and her friend, traveled down to New York City to pick up our […]
by Roland D. Hallee We received a visitor at camp last week. A member of the Maine Forest Service appeared to pass on some information to us about the threat of invasive insects, and to educate us on what to look for. First was the Asian Longhorned Beetle. The ALB, Anoplophora glabripennis, is a wood […]