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August 24, 2013

North Cairn: In the light of autumn’s coming

Take everything else, if you must, but leave me the light. These early autumn days, I live for the play of the more merciful sun, entwined in the diminishing trees. The woods and the waters resume a quiet they cannot manage in mid-summer, and suddenly I find my heart has settled into something like peace. […]
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August 24, 2013

Allen Afield: Dixfield guide knows how to reel in fish and satisfied clients

William Clunie of Dixfield, a fishing float-trip operator, guides trout and smallmouth bass anglers on the Androscoggin River, and in summer heat his bass clients outnumber trout casters interested in rainbows, browns and brookies. I asked Clunie which he prefers guiding — bass or trout anglers — and he said, “I have no preference, but […]
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August 24, 2013

John Christie: St. Andrews gives visitors a taste of olden days

A scant half-hour drive east of the border crossing between Calais and St. Stephen in New Brunswick sits one of Canada’s oldest and best-preserved 18th-century towns and its oldest seaside resort. St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, as it’s known throughout the world, has been designated as a National Historic District, and a visit to the quaint New England-style […]
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August 24, 2013

Carey Kish: Maine Island Trail celebrates 25 years

Maine can certainly claim its share of firsts over the course of its 193-year history, like the first ear muffs, steam-driven automobile and doughnut, even the first place in the country to see the sun rise, among so many others, which leaves little doubt as to why our state motto is Dirigo, Latin for “I […]
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August 24, 2013

Hunting: Rewards can come hard for bear hunters

Crickets. Their monotonous drone filled the air with a trill of white background noise so steady and constant I didn’t notice it until it stopped. Suddenly the air was deathly still, which could only mean one thing. Something was stirring, unseen and unheard in the dense forest undergrowth. The bear didn’t appear so much as […]

Published
August 24, 2013

What’s Up in September: Signs of a season changing in the night sky

This month always marks the beginning of autumn for us in the northern hemisphere. That will happen at 4:44 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22. That moment is further defined by the sun on its ecliptic path crossing over the celestial equator on a downward path. The vernal and autumnal equinoxes are also the only two […]
Published
August 17, 2013

Mark Latti: Maine provides a bastion for brook trout

Before Labor Day arrives and the summer unofficially ends, we all try to cram the last of our summertime activities into a few short weeks or even a couple weekends. For some, it may be one last trip to camp, for others a day-long hike or perhaps something as simple as an evening paddle. For […]
Published
August 17, 2013

Best Bets

MONDAY The Giving Tree 9 to 10:30 a.m. in Boothbay The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and Boothbay Region Land Trust are joining together to offer a lesson on trees. Join Tracey Hall of the land trust for a walk around the gardens at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens as she investigates the complex relationship between wildlife […]
Published
August 17, 2013

BikeMaine will take the roads less traveled

Small towns far from the fast lane await bicyclists when the state's first multi-day tour begins next month.
Published
August 17, 2013

Deirdre Fleming: Bigrock loses funding but gains community support

Two weeks ago, Bigrock Mountain in Aroostook County lost its investor, the nonprofit Libra Foundation, which had infused more than $6 million in the ski area. But to assume the loss of funding from the Libra Foundation (the financial arm behind the Maine Winter Sports Center) spells trouble for Bigrock is shortsighted. Certainly it’s easy […]

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