CRITTER CHATTER: Fall means things slow down at Duck Pond

PHOTO: Raccoons are released for fall at Duck Pond Rehab Center. (Duck Pond file photo) By Jayne Winters I stopped in to see Don at…

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FIRE SAFETY WITH VICKI: Maine Firefighters Memorial

By Vicki Schmidt The events are quite somber, with hundreds attending, mostly in their department dress blues. This sea of blue is to honor firefighters…

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CRITTER CHATTER: The chipmunk continues to be charming

By Jayne Winters As I sat on our back deck the other day, watching one of “my” chippies fill his cheeks with peanuts, it dawned…

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FIRE SAFETY WITH VICKI: Maine’s life fire training trifecta

By Vicki Schmidt July was a momentous month for Maine’s firefighters, as a third state-of-the-art live fire-training facility went into service. The completion of the…

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CRITTER CHATTER: Local farmers step up to ensure little ones get fed

PHOTO: One of Duck Pond Rehab’s fawns this June. (Submitted photo) By Jayne Winters I wasn’t sure what this month’s article would be about, but…

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CRITTER CHATTER: Spring, summer means releases back into wild

By Jayne Winters VASSALBORO — Although spring always brings admissions of injured, sick and newly orphaned wildlife to the Wildlife Care Center, May and June…

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FIRE SAFETY WITH VICKI: There is a lot to those big red trucks

PHOTO: Different kinds of fire apparatus are needed to tap into the water supply at a fire, depending on the location. (Submitted photo) By Vicki…

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CRITTER CHATTER: Are weasels vicious vermin or rodent regulators?

PHOTO: A weasel with an infected eye recently spent a couple days at Duck Pound Wildlife Rehab Center in Vassalboro. (Submitted photo) By Jayne Winters…

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FIRE SAFETY WITH VICKY: The nature of fire

PHOTO: The 1666 Great Fire of London not only burned 80% of the city’s buildings, but also killed the rats and fleas that had caused…

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CRITTER CHATTER: A spring reminder to leave the young-uns alone

By Jayne Winters When visiting at the Duck Pond Wildlife Rehab Center a couple of weeks ago, I asked Don Cote if he had any…

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