AUGUSTA – Local snowmobile clubs are reminded that the deadline for applying for the Snowmobile Club Grant Program and the Capital Equipment Grant Program is fast approaching. Applications for both grants are due…
Foster Regional Applied Technology Center’s Forestry class was recently treated to a visit from the Amicus group, which serves adults with severe disabilities. The forestry students demonstrated their skills by felling a…
AUGUSTA – Snowmobile clubs and municipalities with snowmobile trails this year are receiving more grant money for trail maintenance, according to Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands officials. Eligible clubs will receive in…
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories on the final days of regular firearm season. As I approached the small stand of firs that rested on top of…
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories on the final days of regular firearm season. The last week of hunting white-tailed deer in Maine came to an end…
FARMINGTON – Recently while out in the Maine woods, I reminisced about a particularly fun hunting trip that I took part in last season. It was around this time of the year,…
FARMINGTON – One hundred fifty years ago Atlantic salmon teemed in our rivers and streams and were the basis of a thriving commercial fishery. In 1880, 10,000 Atlantic salmon were unloaded on…
AUGUSTA – More Maine people made reservations at the state’s campgrounds during the 2008 season than the previous year, according to figures released recently by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands.…
I recently dedicated an evening of mine to a venture through the woods near Wilton in order to get a good hike in while the rain decided to subside over the mountainous…
Pumpkins and Halloween go hand in hand, but that wasn’t always the case. Before there was Halloween, before there were Jack O’Lanterns, there were Celtic priests aka Druids who built sacrificial bon(e)…