Jogging through a remnant of New England forest once considered by the Puritans to be the devil’s lair, John Kaag encounters a wolf. He speeds up, imagining himself a target of the solitary ...

AYER — Roughly a year ago, over 100 residents planted 30-plus species of native trees, shrubs, and other plants in soil inoculated with beneficial fungi and microbes. To celebrate the one-year ...