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From a yard to a wildlife refuge
Montclair is the first municipality in New Jersey to be certified as a Community Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.

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Spring-Ford Reporter/The Valley ItemDatebook
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College offering 30 garden plots on campus
GARDNER – Mount Wachusett Community College is taking applications for 30 garden plots on the school’s campus. The Community Garden program offers the 15-by-20-foot plots to residents of northern Central Massachusetts.

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Alice Morris
Beloved Alice “Al” Morris, 88, passed from this life into the next March 31, 2010. She was born March 1, 1922. She will always be remembered as one who cared for others and their well-being more so than her own.

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Helen Harrison (Willis, Vandehey)
Helen Harrison passed away in her Rockaway Beach, OR home on Thursday, April 8, 2010, after a brave battle with Lymphoma.

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Austin grad a debutante in Mississippi
Living in the South my whole life, I learned to pronounce the word “debutatne” at an early age and can draw out the final syllable to at least three or four seconds. Debutante balls are part of Southern culture and I am glad to share with you the news about a friend’s daughter.

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Prophet Jim Wallis and the Ecclesia of Economic Ignorance
This class of the very poor – those who are just on the borders of pauperism or fairly over the borders – is rapidly growing. Wealth is increasing very fast; poverty, even pauperism, is increasing still more rapidly.

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Gardeners should prepare to battle ‘late blight’ this summer
Rotten tomatoes.Area gardeners had plenty of them last year, courtesy of the fungal infection called “late blight” that caused the plants’ leaves to curl and fruits to rot. “That was the majority of our calls last year,” said Donna Grey, educator at Pe

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Digging in: What to know to grow
You can plant to put food on the table, but remember to start small, improve your soil, choose plants wisely and expect the unexpected.

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Obituaries reported in the April 8, 2010, Advocate
These obituaries were reported in the April 8, 2010, Advocate: Urban A. Hasenkamp, John Henry Hutfles, Lula A. Saathoff, Leo P. Schmelzle, William E. Shaffer Jr., Berline M. Trickel and Brita Jean Young.

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