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Organic hints -- hawkweed, meadowsweet -- signal midsummer's genesis
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Now that the dandelions are over their adolescent outburst, an
amazing thing is happening in the fields and roadsides in Maine.
Midsummer has arrived, like a hiker cresting a steep hill and pausing
to take in the view. Wildflowers and grasses of subtle but
extraordinarily rich colors have appeared, generating the textures of
Maine summer's middle age.
The first hint of spring's furious passion subsiding is the mouse-
ear hawkweed. They look like dandelions at first, but the carved
yellow rays on their single blossom are finer and more perfectly
starlike, and they settle cheerfully in the lawn ...
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ROANOKE ISLAND FESTIVAL PARK RECEIVES 2 MILLION DOLLARS FOR EXHIBIT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...the following news release: The Roanoke Island Commission announced the receipt...evaluation that was conducted at Roanoke Island Festival Park throughout 2006...the Park designed to highlight Roanoke Island's distinction as the site of...
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ROANOKE ISLAND FEST TO LET FREEDOM RING PREACHING, PRAISE, REUNION TO RECALL FREED SLAVES' COLONY.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...Byline: PAUL SOUTH, STAFF WRITER ROANOKE ISLAND -- More than 1,000 visitors...when freed blacks gathered on Roanoke Island. At one time more than...the definitive history of the Roanoke Island colony. Ceremonies will also...
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RESIDENTS BICKER OVER OUTSIDERS' USE OF FACILITIES ROANOKE ISLAND YACHT CLUB SAILORS REBUFFED FOR STAGING EVENTS.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...Sailors with the Roanoke Island Yacht Club have run...founded the Roanoke Island Yacht Club and has lived...subdivision on the barrier islands. Eve Trowe, who manages...Buchanan and other Roanoke Island Yacht Club members say...
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LEARN ABOUT CIVIL WAR BATTLE AT ROANOKE ISLAND PARK
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C., Feb. 26...the Civil War Battle of Roanoke Island will be recalled...freedmen's colony on the island. The camp also served as...Union Army. The mission of Roanoke Island Festival Park is...
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ROANOKE ISLAND: BUILDING MAY BE LIMITED.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...concerned about growth on Roanoke Island has caught the ear of...night with the Friends of Roanoke Island and other citizens...request. About 20 Roanoke Island residents were at the...protect the north end of Roanoke Island,'' he said...
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131 YEARS OF LOCAL HISTORY ROANOKE ISLAND'S OLDEST BLACK CHURCH CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...SOUTH, STAFF WRITER ROANOKE ISLAND -- The tan brick building...were held at the Roanoke Island School, and funerals...eventually were established on Roanoke Island, and all played an important...vital link for all of Roanoke Island. ``It was a...
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Roanoke Island residents leery of county water expansion.
Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
; ...Catherine Kozak Jun. 21--ROANOKE ISLAND Distrust of government boiled over...the Dare County water system to Roanoke Island, with many in an overflow...240 seats in the auditorium at Roanoke Island Festival Park. Others lined...
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Roanoke Island staking its claim to being here first.
Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
; ...first. That distinction belongs to Roanoke Island, on the coast of North Carolina...women and children settled on Roanoke Island, only to disappear sometime...outdoor drama "The Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island's Fort Raleigh National...
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ROANOKE ISLAND CONDOS OFFER ROOM WITH VIEW.(AT HOME)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...acre parcel off Old N.C. 345 on Roanoke Island. Even then it was a rare find...location along the shoreline of Roanoke Sound. "I heard about this project...20 Realty) and Grace Bishop of Roanoke Island Realty. They were able...
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On Roanoke Island, the Past Is Very Much Present
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Roanoke Island is a little like a cross between Lewes...Virginia Dare, was born on American soil, Roanoke is bursting with historical pride: The...boardwalk, faces Shallowbag Bay, a cove off Roanoke Sound. At one end is the Roanoke Marshes...
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