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The Warmer temperatures means that the snow is finally melting, but it also brings with it an ever growing threat to the county, Ticks! Newssource 8′s Corey Bouchard learns more how these parasites are making their way north.

Our record-breaking summer provided a preview of what’s to come.

Beware New England Ticks Are Back With a Vengeance   Maybe because of the lockdown and pandemic restrictions we didn’t notice the decrease in ticks last summer.  Maybe the ticks were on lockdown also.  Actually, according to boston.cbslocal.com, it appears the tick population has been affected by the drought we experienced last year.     Since a great deal of New England experienced drought conditions last year, there were fewer insects around.  Both the biting kind and otherwise.  But this year they are surging back.  The population of dog ticks, which do not carry Lyme disease has...