February 2015

Hey, Mainers, have you checked out your headlights lately? If they’re anything like mine, they’re covered with salt and slush, dull as can be and not illuminating the road at night. Rubbing handfuls of new snow on them works in a pinch. While you’re at it, check out your taillights, too. Please be safe by […]

Outdoors, Sports

Images of wilderness taken with iPhone near picture-perfect

by Greg Rec February 22, 2015March 1, 2015

It’s also much lighter than a conventional camera.

Outdoors, Sports

Skiing in Maine: Bargains can be found if you know where to look

by Josh Christie February 22, 2015February 21, 2015

Savvy skiers can economize on lift ticket prices.

Outdoors, Sports

Hiking in Maine: The joy of trekking became a book of hikes around the globe

by Carey Kish February 22, 2015February 21, 2015

Robert and Martha Manning took 12 years to create ‘Walking Distance: Extraordinary Hikes for Ordinary People.’

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: ‘Shrinking pie’ used as excuse to avoid closer look at university system funding

by Stuart Rose February 22, 2015February 20, 2015

Maine’s public university campuses shouldn’t be restructured into large-scale vocational schools.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Spending plan good next step in fixing Riverview

by The Editorial Board February 22, 2015February 23, 2015

Additional state funding will help address safety issues as the hospital tries to regain federal certification – and the $20 million a year that comes with it.

Outdoors, Sports

Outdoors Calendar

February 22, 2015February 20, 2015

UPCOMING Winter Birding Talk, 7 p.m. March 17, Wells York County Audubon is hosting a talk at the Wells Reserve about birding in Japan. Japan has several claims to fame as a travel destination, but few think of the country as a wildlife destination in winter. Birder Marie Jordan shares highlights from her trip there. […]