Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine’s Midcoast Bowl for Kids’ Sake events, previously scheduled for April in Belfast, Waldoboro and Rockport, are being postponed. As recommended by the CDC, BBBS…
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Matching through virtual meetings; engaging through pen pal letters and artwork
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills directed Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Judy Camuso on March 20 to open all inland waters for fishing and to waive the requirement…
Our beautiful state is 200! But Maine wouldn’t be “Maine” without our fish, wildlife, and recreation opportunities. Celebrate with us by learning 200 ways YOU can help conserve Maine for…
Our beautiful state is turning 200 this year! But Maine wouldn’t be “Maine” without our fish, wildlife, and recreation opportunities. Celebrate with us by learning 200 ways YOU can help conserve…
Roughly 94% of Maine’s forest land is privately owned, and more than half of that land area is open to the public. Much of this private land is home to thousands of miles of ATV, snowmobile, and…
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The Camden Snow Bowl has been actively monitoring the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and the most recent…
Our beautiful state is turning 200 this year! But Maine wouldn’t be “Maine” without our fish, wildlife, and recreation opportunities. Celebrate with us by learning 200 ways YOU can help conserve…
Our beautiful state is turning 200 this year! But Maine wouldn’t be “Maine” without our fish, wildlife, and recreation opportunities. Celebrate with us by learning 200 ways YOU can help conserve…
CAMDEN — Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Camden Snow Bowl has decided to cancel the March 21 pond skim event and March 22 cardboard box derby due to anticipated large crowds.
“This…
From the start, Leslie Hyde and Anne Cogger, owners of Pocket Cove Farm on Long Cove in St. George, have shared a commitment to keep a small stretch of Maine’s beloved coastline wild and free.…
most ducks are only seasonally monogamous
In his long poem “The Parlement of Foules,” Elizabethan era poet Geoffrey Chaucer shared the belief that birds choose their mates on St. Valentine’s Day. For waterfowl, this is not simply a poetic…
CAMDEN — As usual, fun and fanfare ruled the day at the 2020 U.S. National Toboggan Championship, Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Camden Snow Bowl.
The annual three-day event was shortened to two…
The 30th annual U.S. National Toboggan Championships
CAMDEN—With low temperatures after a freezing ice storm the night before, the U.S. National Toboggan Championships officially kicked off Saturday, February 8 and the more seasoned costumed…
Letter to the editor: Lynne Brown
Sundog Outdoor Expeditions would like to thank all the hearty plungers, sponsors, and community supporters for a wildly…
The 2020 Maine moose permit lottery application process is now open and applications for the moose permit lottery will be accepted online only.
The online application process is fast and…
U.S. National Toboggan Championships, Feb. 7-9, Camden Snow Bowl
Unlike some of the U.S. National Toboggan Championships teams who’ve sported elaborate and over-the-top costumes in the past 29 years, the founding members of Big Kahoonas— Bruce Richards, Chris…
Feb. 7-9 event marks its 30th year at Camden Snow Bowl
CAMDEN—For the last 29 years, costume-clad teams have waited with anticipation at the top of Camden Snow Bowl’s famed toboggan chute for the lever to be pulled and the…
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“You’ll hear a ‘pop,’ kind of like the sound of a .22, as we shoot the line over the cable,” the red-coated ski patroller announced to the lodge full of parka-clad folks last Saturday afternoon.…
Multi-agency exercise streamlines emergency response
CAMDEN — Saturday night, Jan. 25, lent perfect conditions for the 65-plus who arranged themselves along the Foxy trail at the Camden Snow Bowl, either sitting up in the air on a stalled chairlift…
With a focus on growing our communities in healthy and sustainable ways, the Camden-Rockport Pathways Committee is interested in knowing more about the various groups that have been involved in…
walk dogs along the catwalk in first ever ‘Dog Days of Winter Doggie Fashion Show’
CAMDEN — What other event combines a doggie winter wear fashion show, ice sculpting, a polar plunge into water that’s 37°F, free films, music, and a wild ride down a 400-foot toboggan chute?
…Maine has contracted with a Nevada company to collar 130 moose to continue the sixth year of a survival study of the large mammals.
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has…
Three guided local hikes to get the lead out this week and kick off 2020
For the last 28 years, the 50 state park systems of the United States have been encouraging people to get off the couch on January 1 and get the blood pumping.
First Day Hikes, began…
Vying for monetary and material prizes for their schools
MIDCOAST — On January 6, students and staff at 32 elementary schools around the state will participate in WinterKids’ third annual WinterKids Winter Games. This outdoor physical activity and…
Coastal Mountains Land Trust-led collaboration surpasses 1,500 acres conserved
On December 19, Coastal Mountains Land Trust completed a bargain sale purchase of a historic conservation easement protecting 500-acres of land surrounding Grassy Pond, owned by the Maine Water…
CAMDEN — Harry Read and his wife, Patty, are this year’s winners of the Megunticook Watershed Association’s (MWA) Holiday Raffle. The prize was a student season’s pass to the Camden Snow Bowl.…
volunteer, sponsor, participate in Feb. 15 break from cabin fever
ROCKLAND — Rockland FrostFest is in the works for Saturday, Feb. 15, from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., at Harbor Park.
Launched by 10-year-old nonprofit Rockland Main Street, Inc., the first-annual…
You may have seen a recent report that bird populations have declined by over 3 billion birds, or by almost 30%, in the past fifty years. It’s not surprising: Birds run a daily gauntlet that…
Starting in late January, the nonprofit Sundog Outdoor Expeditions will run two after-school programs: Mountain Biking on Winter Trails (fat tire bikes) for fifth and sixth graders, and Alpine…
New Snow Bowl winter trail policy in effect
CAMDEN — The Camden Snow Bowl is asking the public to stay off of Ragged Mountain’s ski trails while town staff readies the facility for winter ski season. This applies to those hiking up,…
opinion
Dripping wet on the side of Washington Street, and thankful it was my husband and not the fire department coming to rescue me, my hair was beginning to…
Through mid-April is the time to eliminate browntail caterpillars
AUGUSTA —Entomologists from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry said now is the best time to remove browntail caterpillars from trees. Browntail caterpillars cause a…
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library celebrates December 2019 with holiday events, a historical society open house, crafternoon, and mah jongg.
Holiday Card Making…
money prize to an individual and a business
WALDOBORO — The contest is back! The Town of Waldoboro Recreation Department is managing the contest this year and the Waldoboro Business Association continues to offer $200 prizes, one each to…
helping hikers, cross country skiers, snow shoe enthusiasts and bikers to pass safely
ROCKPORT — A team of a dozen Maine Water employees recently worked together with Coastal Mountains Land Trust staff on the Round the Mountain Trail to clear brush and small trees on Hope Street at…
CAMDEN — Community members enthusiastically gathered at the Snow Bowl, Saturday, Nov. 16, and together raised $7,709 for the new Camden-Rockport Middle School’s playground equipment, furniture,…
‘I’s a labor of love’
CAMDEN — Gathering in the Snow Bowl lodge early Sunday morning, Nov. 17, approximately 40 volunteer Ragged Mountain ski patrollers refreshed their outdoor emergency care skills in intense…
PORTLAND — Enjoy a care-free holiday visit to Portland, Monday, Dec. 9, with Five Town CSD Adult Education.
Five Towns will be taking a charter coach to the Old Port section where…
‘I hope that anyone who reads the book will get a laugh or two’
MONHEGAN — Matt Weber, a resident of Monhegan Island, is celebrating the publication of his debut book Making Tracks: How I Learned to Love Snowmobiling in Maine (Islandport Press). …
KONA, Hawaii — New York native Katie Clayton, who summers in Lincolnville, recently finished as one of the best in her age group at the…
CAMDEN — Though the rain diminished the crowd a little, it did little to dampen the enthusiasm of those who turned out for Pearl Street’s annual trek of trick or treaters.
WALDOBORO — Dow Furniture’s Harvest Fest, in partnership with Cornerstone Financial Services of Waldoboro, was held on Saturday, October 26, and featured a free Harvest Lunch, Cornhole tournament…
Part II of The hidden, neglected graves of Maine
Walter Guptill, of South Thomaston, has always had a fascination with gravestones. A member of Maine Old Cemetery Association, Guptill volunteers to repair old gravestones that have been damaged,…
Nov. 16 from Maine Sports Outfitters to Hannaford
ROCKPORT — Maine Sport Outfitters is hosting a Turkey Ride the morning of Saturday, Nov. 16 to benefit the Camden Area Food Pantry.
Starting at 9 a.m., participants will bike from Maine…
Running pure
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — As Steve Cartwright, of Tenants Harbor, ran toward the finish line of the 2019 Mount Desert Island Marathon, October 20, spectators performed double takes and gasped.
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monarch butterfly roosts high in some of the spruces and pines
When I visited Monhegan, a small island about 10 miles off the coast of Maine, this past Labor Day weekend, I witnessed a heartening number of monarch caterpillars, chrysalides, and flying adult…
Paddling Penobscot River from Bangor to Brooklin
Gabby Schulz lives deep in the woods of Maine—it’s as far away from the city he can get.
As one of 10 participants on the floating artist residency in my story,…
Prizes in three categories will be awarded
ROCKLAND — Applications to enter a float in Rockland Main Street’s annual Parade of Lights in downtown Rockland are available.
Families, neighborhoods, businesses and organizations wishing…
The Camden Snow Bowl hosted Baxter Outdoors’ sixth trail running and second and final duathlon event in the New England Trail Series season on Saturday, October 5, as part of the fourth annual…
