Maine loggers are used to hard times. Then came the tariffs.

The dirt roads in the northern corner of Oxford County froze early this year, marking the unofficial start of the winter logging season in Maine. The hardened roads make it possible for loggers such ...
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Making a point in Minneapolis

There is a couple in Minnesota that has a 20-foot pencil in their front yard and every year hundreds of people come to watch them sharpen it with a giant pencil sharpener. For those of you who follow ...
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Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall pencil was sculpted ...
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Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year

FILE - Hundreds of people gather to watch the 3rd Annual Sharpening of the Lake of the Isles Pencil in Minneapolis on June 15, 2024. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than ...
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Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than 1,000 people ...