FREEPORT

Bike ride for women

The 10th annual Women’s Ride, sponsored by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine, will take place on June 5 at L.L. Bean’s Casco Conference Center on Casco Street in Freeport. Staggered start times begin at 8 a.m.

The ride has four distance options: 5, 15, 25 and 50 miles. All have beautiful views of the coast, rest stops and support vehicles.

The all-female ride is suited for girls and women of all ages and fitness levels. At the ride’s conclusion, participants can get free massages and participate in yoga. A celebration at Gritty’s in Freeport will feature free food, a raffle drawing and live music by the Blueberry Pancakes steel-drum band.

Registration costs $35 (members) or $45 (public rate, including a six-month trial membership in the Bicycle Coalition of Maine), with a $10 discount for girls 12 to 17 years old and seniors (over 65). Girls 11 and under ride free.

For more information, a video about the ride and to register, visit www.bikemaine.org or call 623-4511.

LISBON

Androscoggin River race

The Androscoggin Land Trust is announcing that registration is now open for the 13th annual Chief Worumbo Androscoggin River Race. The July 10 event is one of the largest single-day paddling events on the Androscoggin River.

Paddlers in canoes or kayaks in 11 categories will kick off at the Durham Boat Access on Route 136 and race 6 miles downstream to the finish line under the railroad trestle where the Sabattus River meets the Androscoggin at Route 196 in Lisbon.

Registration is $20 for adults and $15 for children 12 and younger if registered by July 5. Registration includes T-shirt, lunch and free shuttle service. Late and race-day registration is $25 for adults and $15 for children 12 and younger and includes shuttle service only.

To register online, follow the Active.com link on the Events page of our website, www.androscogginlandtrust.org or call 312-5428.

DANFORTH

East Grand Adventure Race

Beginning on Stetson Mountain Wind Farm and ending on the Baskahegan Stream in Danforth, the 20-mile East Grand Adventure Race includes an off-trail compass run, mountain biking, canoeing and a climbing-wall challenge.

The entry fee for the May 14 race is $40 per pair, which includes trophies, T-shirts, lunch and more than $1,000 in prizes for youth divisions.

This is the sixth adventure race, and 63 people competed last year.

While the race will be physically challenging, it is not beyond the reach of those who are in reasonably good physical condition.

Pre-registration required. Details and forms are available at www.eastgrandschool.org/adventure-race, or call race coordinator Dave Conley at 448-2743.

GORHAM

New bald eagle webcam

The nonprofit BioDiversity Research Institute has announced the installation of a new webcam provided by NextEra Energy. The video camera is set up to monitor the nest of a pair of bald eagles in Maine’s midcoast. This webcam is one of two cameras NextEra sponsors that capture the breeding activity of these raptors in real time.

Visitors to BRI’s website, www.briloon.org, can watch the daily activities of this eagle pair as they roost, hatch eggs and raise their young.

Breeding bald eagles lay eggs once each year, usually in early spring; the eggs, up to three in a clutch, hatch in about 35 days. Young eagles, called nestlings, learn to fly by three months of age and can be on their own about a month later.

 

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