UPCOMING Two Fly Contest Sept. 20 and 21, Bethel The Upper Andro Two Fly Contest and Northeast Drift Boat Championship will be held in conjunction with Bethel’s Annual Harvest Fest. The competitions are the annual fundraisers for the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance, a nonprofit group dedicated to the conservation and protection of the Upper Androscoggin […]

Two projects of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will receive nearly $540,000 of federal funding as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual Competitive State Wildlife Grant program. One grant will allow IFW, along with partners New Hampshire and Massachusetts, to work on filling knowledge gaps on the basic ecology, […]

As it turned out, Sam did end up in Connecticut. But not in a cage. And not alone. Samantha, the golden-shepherd mix dog that I fostered for a short time, rode with me over the Labor Day weekend to a park outside of Worcester, Mass., where a new — and better — family greeted her […]

Fernald’s Neck amounts to as pretty a Maine summer hike as you could find in the Midcoast. Gigantic glacial erratic, Lake Megunticook, abandoned summer woods trails and golden rod galore. It was in this setting I took an annual hike with a close friend with the intent to zero in on a spirit and way […]