by Roland D. Hallee Well, following a brief hiatus, I am ready to continue with Life on the Plains, and how it was in the 1950s and’60s. Let’s take a look at Saturdays. Recently, in speaking with some “old timers” – I’m not one of them, of course. Ha! Although I remember the Maine Theater, […]
by Roland D. Hallee OK, get ready for another invasion from Asia. This time, it’s a mosquito. Plain and simple, it’s called the Asian tiger mosquito. The mosquito can transmit a number of diseases, including the dengue fever, chikungunya, and Zika virus. Mainers are encouraged to use repellent if they travel interstate. Zachary Smith, a […]
by Roland D. Hallee Question of the week, it seems, is this: Are we having an epidemic of grubs? I’ve been asked that question many times in the past week. It seems folks in our area are seeing an increase in grub activity in the lawns. What are grubs and what makes them appear in […]
by Roland D. Hallee It’s simply amazing what you come across in the woods of Maine. While preparing to open camp for the season, my wife and I were helping friends do some raking and leaf pickup, when the wife showed me something that she had raked up. It looked kind of odd. OK, something […]
by Roland D. Hallee I will start this column by saying I know we don’t have any of these around here, but on a recent vacation to the Outer Banks, of North Carolina, I saw several of them. A group of us rented a house on the beach in Nags Head, North Carolina, for a […]
by Roland D. Hallee The weather has warmed, the snow is melting and the streams are bustling with activity as the spring runoff is in full swing. On a recent trip to Vermont, my wife and I saw many streams along the route swelling their banks and looking primed for brook trout fishing. I have […]
by Roland D. Hallee A couple of weeks ago we took a stroll down the west side of Main St., in Waterville, and I fore warned you there maybe a few gaps along the way I didn’t remember. Well, thanks to some readers, who obviously have a better memory than I, gave me calls to […]
by Roland D. Hallee While pulling my car out of the garage the other morning, I noticed three robins in a tree across the street. What is more inspiring than seeing that first robin of the spring? The American robin, Turdus migratorius, is a member of the thrush family. It is named after the European […]
by Roland D. Hallee A couple of weeks ago we traveled out of The Plains to take a walk down the east side of Main St. This week, we’ll take a stroll down the west side. On this side, because we are talking about more than 60 years ago, there are a few gaps that […]
by Roland D. Hallee Another sign of spring is upon us. While out checking and emptying my maple sap buckets last Monday, I saw a common house fly on the side of the bucket. The first one of the season. A sure sign of spring, but also the beginning of their irritation. The housefly is […]