I wonder if the Japanese barberry study linking its presence to Lyme disease is mere correlation. Did they compare it to similar “native” cover types or native shrubs that offer similar shade and humidity requirements?
Japanese barberry - as the author contends - exists because deer do not browse it. Natives would be around under different conditions, including lower deer browse impact. I'm willing to bet that ticks are not this species specific.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
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In 1998, New England Youth Theatre began downtown, in a former Chinese restaurant next to the Latchis Hotel and Theatre , with a mission of educating “the hearts, minds, bodies, and voices of youth of all abilities through the dramatic arts.” Two decades later, NEYT has its own theater on Flat Street and serves hundreds of young people taking a variety of classes ranging from improvisation, movement, and ensemble building to learning the arts of stage managing, scenic design, lighting,
I feel the caption about someone using the cell phone at the Brattleboro Goes Fourth parade was uncalled for. I happen to know the person and she was taking pictures throughout and waving, just like every other person. In fact, she was letting me know where they were at so I would not miss them, as I am visually impaired. I feel this float had a lot of hard work put into it. I feel it is rude to point...
Pianist Helen von Tiesenhausen will offer a concert at Main Street Arts on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 4 p.m. Born in Odessa, Russia, von Tiesenhausen left the country in 1943 with her mother, brother, and grandparents due to World War II. Her father, an opera singer, had been taken to a Soviet forced-labor camp. The family eventually found refuge in Austria, where von Tiesenhausen continued the piano lessons she had begun at age 5 in Russia. She studied with Professor...
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