• Protecting your plants from overnight frost

    Patchy frost is expected through most of western Massachusetts Monday night and this could bad news for your plants.

  • Child protection reports double in decade

    There were a total of 110,000 notifications last year, which means one in every ten children was reported to child welfare authorities.

  • How to Enable Stolen Device Protection on iPhone

    When Apple released iOS 17.3 in January, it introduced a Stolen Device Protection feature to provide iPhone users with added security. This article explains what it does, why you might want to turn it on, and how to go about doing so. In 2023, reports began emerging about a new method thieves were using to steal iPhones and access users' highly sensitive data. Thieves would surreptitiously spy on their victims in public while they entered their passcode, before going on to steal the device....

  • Protect Yourself from Scams Event Full Presentation

    On April 17th 2024, Champlain National Bank hosted a presentation titled “Protect Yourself from Scams” highlighting some of the new ways scammers target their potential victims. The event was hosted by Champlain National Bank Security Officer Medara Sherman.

  • What is the best way to protect my plants from frost?

    Colder temperatures are expected again tonight with frost possible across the region.

  • Tick Time: How you can protect yourself and your family

    If you spend time outdoors, there are precautions you can take to protect yourself from ticks and tick bites.

  • Petition: Help Protect Right Whales

    Please sign this petition to demand the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) do more to protect right whales!

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    Navy Protects Native Species at Lualualei

    A U.S. Navy environmental team discovered that with some planning, an auspicious wetland, and the use of creative designs, there are opportunities to protect and study native Hawaiian species at a small military facility in west Oahu.

  • Is the Wilderness Act Still Protecting Nature?

    At the end of 2023, four environmental groups sued the National Park Service and invoked the Wilderness Act to stop the replanting of trees following a catastrophic wildfire in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Around the same time, the National Park Service announced that it aimed to invoke the Wilderness Act to limit the use of fixed anchors on Yosemite’s iconic big wall climbs. How did a law created 60 years ago to protect nature in undeveloped areas come to do something else...

  • Column: Make investments to protect our aina

    Last year, we saw firsthand the devastating consequences of not being attentive to ‘aina, when raging fires on Maui and Hawaii island caused unprecedented destruction. These avoidable disasters were exacerbated by numerous environmental issues, including invasive brush and drought conditions driven by climate change.

  • Petition: Demand Authorities Protect Right Whales

    Please sign this petition to demand the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) do more to protect right whales!

  • Letter to the editor: Threats of violence aren't protected speech

    Why is it that people’s brains sort of turn off when it comes to free speech in this country (“Entrenched pro-Palestinian protests threaten to spoil college graduations, Biden addresses,” web, May 1)?