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Bushfire-ravaged community embrace blooming wildflowers as symbol of hope
Photo: A Christmas bell wildflower has flourished at bushfire ravaged Lake Cathie. (Supplied: NSW Rural Fire Service – Mid Coast District) As the smell of smoke still lingers amid the blackened earth in New South Wales’ bushfire-ravaged communities, the...
Food City preparing to open Wednesday, Dec. 4
The new Food City store, located at Lovers Lane and Dews Ponds Road, has been a busy place this week as the store is stocked and final touches made to the building. Food City, shown from the Dews Pond Road entrance, will also include a gas station offering unleaded...
Searching for the Ghost Orchids of the Everglades
Planet Earth Clinging to survival in shrinking swamps, ghost orchids are so elusive that their pollinators have remained unknown—until now. A giant sphinx moth extends its proboscis to drink the nectar from a ghost orchid. (Credit: Mac Stone) Admittedly, there are few...
‘We’re pretty festive,’ greenhouse grower says of 50,000 poinsettias
BROOKFIELD, N.S. — It’s not Christmas season until the poinsettias hit the market. While this flower is native to Mexico, it’s getting festive at Forest Glen– a family-run greenhouse in Brookfield, N.S. Starting Friday — Forest Glen Greenhouses...