YORK, Maine — The York Art Association welcomes spring with its opening exhibit, “Silent Spring,” a show inspired by the season and honoring the legacy of environmentalist and author Rachel Carson.

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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, published in 1962, was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Carson’s scientific perspective and rigor created a work of substantial depth ...

Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, at her summer home in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) “Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated.” – Anne ...