No-Mow May campaign catches on in Greater Moncton area
The city of Dieppe is asking people to embrace dandelion madness for the month of May. Residents are being asked not to mow their lawns in order to let the grass and dandelions grow, providing food for pollinators like bees.
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The group behind the No-Mow May initiative in the area says spring is a crucial time to help pollinators
Posted: Apr 29, 2021 7:13 PM AT | Last Updated: April 29
The Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance wants people to take part in the No-Mow May campaign. It encourages the growth of dandelions to help feed pollinators like bees.(Sally Pitt/CBC)
A spring campaign is encouraging you to leave your grass alone for a couple of weeks.
The No-Mow May Campaign is being promoted throughout the region to avoid or limit cutting your lawn in May.
The extra weeks of growth will allow pollinators to take advantage of the early source of nectar created by flowering plants. The population of pollinators such as bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and beetles has seen a significant decrease over the years.
According to Brittany Cormier, A Project Leader for the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance, the campaign has been used throughout the world but adopting it in the region could also be beneficial for the river.
Rachel Layne
Special to USA TODAY
It was July 2020 and the walls of Brittany Cormier and Nick Chaves s Cambridge, Massachusetts, rental were closing in – pandemic style. We were so sick of looking at the four walls, sick of being so close together, we were both working from home. It was just so tight, Cormier said of their 700-square foot apartment. And at that point, we were just ready to put our money into a house and stop paying someone else s mortgage.
The couple s first stop? Their hometown bank to get a mortgage preapproval letter, a document issued after a lender examines a buyer s ability to pay. It signals to the seller that buyers, particularly first-time purchasers like Cormier and Chaves, both 30, are able to secure a loan.
Three men accused of fatally shooting two women in a botched murder-for-hire plot in Montegut have been indicted on murder charges.
A Terrebonne Parish grand jury found enough evidence Wednesday to charge Beaux Cormier, 35, of Kaplan, 25-year-old Carencro resident Andrew Eskin and Dalvin Wilson, 22, of Eunice, with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
An indictment does not presume guilt or innocence but indicates the grand jury found prosecutors presented enough evidence to warrant a trial on the charges.
The three men appeared in court Thursday by video conference from the Terrebonne Parish jail and each pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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There is a reason why most of the appliances, ingredients and utensils are on the left side of the kitchen at Larussa’s Lounge in Houma.
Because the bar’s cook, Brittany Cormier, was left-handed, the kitchen was designed to provide her with easy access, owner Candia Ledet said.
“Brittany was left-handed, so when you go into the kitchen you notice all of the stuff is packed on the left side,” Ledet said. “She was going to decorate it. She had already started hanging her stuff. That was her kitchen. In fact, my husband was getting the kitchen set up to Brittany’s standards.”