Scarborough Marsh is the largest saltwater marsh in Maine. The 3,100-acre, exceptionally scenic estuary is home to numerous species of birds, fish, mammals and shellfish. When Shweta Galway announced a Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society paddling trip on the marsh, my wife, Nancy, and I enthusiastically signed on. Six of us met at the Audubon […]
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Your Land: A salty song for traction on winter roads
When I was in high school, we had a teacher who walked the school between classes humming fragments of classical music to himself. We, of course, nicknamed him the Hummer, fodder, as adults are, for occasional teen-comments about their weirdness. “We’ll never be like the Hummer,” was the always subtext. But I’m guessing that you, […]
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Intertidal: Maine’s coast is foggy this time of year
Somehow it is November. We have had an unusually balmy fall that makes it hard to believe that this weekend we will set our clocks back an hour and submit to it being dark at 5 p.m. It is always difficult to adjust to the late-day darkness, but I do appreciate the additional early morning […]
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Out of the echo chamber
No one likes to think we are biased. We all like to believe that we are open-minded. But are we? It’s less than one week to the 2022 midterm elections and I’m exhausted. I vowed not to watch any political TV ads this year, whether local, state or national, and I’ve done pretty well sticking […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Whitewater exploits on the Magalloway River
Twenty-six years ago, my late friend Bill Kaiser recruited me to represent the Appalachian Mountain Club in dam relicensing tests on the Rapid and Magalloway Rivers in western Maine. I was one of perhaps a dozen participants from several regional paddling organizations. The purpose was to navigate the two rivers in canoes or kayaks for […]
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Intertidal: ‘Fisheries in Our Town’ highlights seafood’s impact on Brunswick
We have a lot of waterfront for what may seem at first to be a fairly inland town. According to the Town of Brunswick website, there are 61 miles of coastline in Casco Bay and 20 miles of waterfront on the Androscoggin River. Fishing might not be the first thing that comes to mind when […]
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: A surf-and-turf on the Penobscot River Trails
The Penobscot River Trails in Grindstone consist of 25 kilometers of exceptional mountain bike and cross-country ski trails that parallel the East Branch of the Penobscot River. The superb multipurpose recreational complex offers hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and paddling. There is a visitor center and two arguably palatial warming huts. A well-designed hand-carry canoe-kayak […]
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The Recycle Bin: Expensive gas? Take a bus to Auburn
As someone committed to being highly efficient in my use of energy, particularly fossil fuels, I was very excited to hear that Western Maine Transportation has opened three public bus runs daily from Auburn/Lewiston to Topsham to Cook’s Corner, then to Bath and back, stopping in Lisbon and Lewiston before Auburn. I got on the […]
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Photo album: Rollerskiers compete at The Maine Event
67 athletes from all over New England test their agility while competing in the fourth annual cross country cross event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester