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After skipping a year due to the pandemic, on November 27, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the Friends of Rockland Public Library held their annual “Festival of Trees” Silent Auction. What a wonderful way to usher in the holiday season! We had on...
Ret Talbot. (Photo courtesy Good Tern Co-op) ROCKLAND — Local science writer, journalist and author Ret Talbot will take a deep dive into seafood and seafood sustainability as part of the Good Tern Co-op’s ongoing online event series. Talbot will start his talk by defining sustainable seafood, then focus on how to better understand the most common choices presented to the sustainably-minded consumer when buying seafood. Participants will also receive several recipes and preparation tips that will make eating sustainable seafood even more enjoyable. The workshop is free and will take plac...
Thursday, April 29, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm Lois Anne reading her poems at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont, in January of 2020, (Photo courtesy Good Tern Natural Foods Co-op) April is National Poetry Month, and the Good Tern Co-op & Natural Foods Store is hosting a reading by local poets to celebrate. The poetry night will be held online on April 29, 2021, from 7 to 8 p.m. The event is part of the Good Tern’s Education and Outreach Committee’s continuing series of community classes and events. Participating poets are Frances Vigeant, Eileen Hugo, Phelps Bristol, Lois A...
Sunday, April 25, 2021 - 9:45am to 12:00pm ROCKLAND — The Good Tern Co-op is hosting a community Harborside Cleanup to celebrate Earth Day. The event will be held Sunday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Rockland Harbor Park. Participants will be meeting at 9:45 a.m., then breaking into multiple groups to clean up along the Rockland Harbor Trail. The Rockland Harbor Trail, run by the Rockland Harbor Trail Committee, stretches from Snow Marine Park to the Breakwater. Most cleanup areas are within walking distance, but there is the option to drive, bike, or skateboard to different loc...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm Broccoli, radish, wheatgrass, and other microgreens seedlings grow in a sunny window in Crystal Robinson’s home in Hope. (Photo courtesy The Good Tern Co-op) The Good Tern Co-op will offer an online class on growing microgreens at home on Wednesday, April 14, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Good Tern’s Education & Community Outreach Committee, the microgreens class will be presented by Crystal Robinson, who is certified in Agriscaping and in Permaculture and is an experienced home microgreens grower. Robinson consults on garden design a...