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Boyce family’s rhubarb treats live on Of all the herbaceous perennials that have accompanied my household every time I’ve moved, the rhubarb plant is the oldest. A member of the buckwheat family, the first rhubarb cultivar traveled to New England via European settlers. The plant was cultivated in Asiatic countries for many centuries before being introduced to Europe in about 1600. I trace the roots of my rosy-stalked, tart-tasting plant back to the family homestead in Norway, Maine. W...

Read Article The sign at the entrance to Island Nursing Home in the Hancock County town of Deer Isle. Students from the University of New England’s nursing and osteopathic medicine program have been helping work at the home since a COVID-19 outbreak in November and December led to staff shortages. Kevin Miller/Staff Writer DEER ISLE — For eight months, staff at Island Nursing Home had managed to keep the virus away from residents of their small facility in this historic fishing community...