While the chains fight for greater market share, some analysts say small operations are losing out.
2011
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Hiking: New lodge, restored cabins add to ski-and-stay options
The Gorman Chairback Lodge and Cabins is the newest facility of the Appalachian Mountain Club and the latest accomplishment of its Maine Woods Initiative, an effort to create multi-day outdoor recreation experiences, support sustainable forestry and jobs, protect ecological resources and attract nature-based tourism to the region. The new lodge and renovated cabins, in a […]
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Mark Latti: Is the ice safe? No guessing
If you enjoy outdoor winter sports, at some point you will be asking yourself, “When is it safe to go out on the ice?” It’s not an easy question to answer, particularly this time of year. How quickly and how thickly a body of water freezes can depend on a variety of factors, including the […]
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Fading industrial cities discover new ways to rebuild in Old World
The trips inspire American leaders even though Europeans’ attitudes likely won’t be duplicated here.
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Outdoors Calendar
Hunter safety class, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Community Center, 39 Poulin Drive, Skowhegan. Sponsored by Skowhegan Parks and Recreation; instructors are from the Skowhegan Sportsman’s Club. To register, call Russ Corson at 474-5361. Bring lunch for Saturday. Winter Walks, Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson, 9:30 a.m. […]
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Snowmobiling: Sled riders join other users of scenic Down East trail
It has been a long time in planning and construction, but after more than 22 years, the Down East Sunrise Trail is officially completed — at least for now. The trail connects snowmobile trails in Hancock and Washington counties to other parts of Maine. It offers quality east-west snowmobile trails in the region along coastal […]
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Wit, humility sustained Baldacci
“His willingness to displease everyone and his impressive capacity for graciously and patiently enduring the criticism that followed set Baldacci apart, as a politician and as a man. He set an example that future governors would be wise to follow; he set a standard that successors will find difficult to match.” — Today’s Maine […]
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On the Move
NEW FACES Peggy Pineo was named administrator of Piper Shores, a nonprofit life-care retirement community in Scarborough. Pineo will assist in managing Piper Shores’ daily operation and overseeing its Holbrook Health Center, the assisted living and skilled nursing care component of Piper Shores. Pineo was previously the administrator of a 96-bed skilled nursing and assisted-living […]
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Tony Payne: Leadership critical to Democrats
This time of year is full of hope and excitement. I love reading about business acquisitions, career advancements, job changes and new organizational leadership. They are the opening chapters rather than epilogues at the end of a story. What isn’t reported in these announcements are the circumstances under which change occurred. They always are about […]
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Hooked on the Internet
Finally, a computer program that slaps our hand away as we reach out to check the ether just one more time.