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WEDNESDAY Fruitful instruction As a recreational gardener, you find it difficult to drive by the lush orchards of professional farmers without feeling a twinge of jealousy. Learn how to reap a bountiful harvest from your fruit trees at “All You Wanted to Know about Fruit Trees,” a presentation by George Hamilton, at the Nashua Garden Club’s monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church at ...

The Left's Unlikely Tea Party Target

The man who this week became a symbol of Tea Party intolerance was once a major Democratic donor, contributing tens of thousands of dollars to the party.

Green Scene: Making Compost Tea

It's tea time in the garden - but not the kind you drink. In today's Green Scene, Erin Davisson talks to Fox Valley Technical College horticulture instructor James Beard about making compost tea.

Community Calendar

End-of-Summer Tea Entertainment by Toni Fitzpatrick. 1:30 p.m. Aug. 31. Free. Reservations are required. Lorraine Gleick Nordgren Senior Center, 4 Goddard Drive, Auburn. (508) 832-7799.

Broadcasting legend Walt Bodine celebrates his 90th birthday

He seems so fragile, sitting in his wheelchair at the head of a banquet table, sipping a glass of unsweetened green tea. Each sip requires his mouth to search for the straw. His eyes, hidden by purple-hued glasses, cannot see the physical world anymore.