This summer’s inaugural Gov. Baxter Day will be commemorated with events at several city venues.
Deirdre Fleming
Deirdre Fleming covers the outdoors for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and has been a newspaper reporter in Maine for 25 years - and an outdoor writer for the past 20. During that time, she’s seen biologists trap 500-pound bear, watched fishermen land high-jumping makos, camped on Moosehead Lake in the winter, and retraced Gov. Percival Baxter’s first trip to Mt. Katahdin. She is often asked, but still does not know her favorite wildland in Maine. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Missouri, she lives with her husband in Buxton near the Saco River, where they both fly fish.
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High School Track Notebook: Fast relay times at Scarborough High could go even lower
Fast relays were the theme last week as the Scarborough girls set an unofficial state record in the 800-meter sprint medley at the Scarborough Relays and the York boys ran a state-leading time in the 4×400 relay at a Western Maine Conference meet, breaking a 25-year-old school record. Scarborough’s record was in a seldom-run event. […]
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Monson: More than a stop on the trail
Monson needs hikers from the Appalachian Trail, and the hikers need a town that cares about them.
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Hurdler Pryzant as busy as his bees
Lots of extra practice has helped Falmouth’s Reid Pryzant become an outstanding hurdler.
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Nature-based community hidden in plain sight
Jefferson’s five-year-old Hidden Valley Nature Center is growing through the efforts of its volunteers.
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Freshwater Fishing Report
Spring fishing doesn’t get any better than right now. And reports pouring in from state biologists in the seven regions across Maine echo the same message: Fast action. SOUTHERN MAINE While smelt runs are slowing down in most places, the trout and salmon fishing is picking up everywhere, including the southern region. Thompson Lake is […]
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Tomaszewski has lofty goal
Denzel Tomaszewski could look at the outdoor track season as a new beginning after a year of surgery and rehab. Instead, the Wells junior is treating spring track as a continuation of his record-setting indoor season. After tearing a knee tendon in football his sophomore year, Tomaszewski sat out both indoor and outdoor track. After […]
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Survey to assess toll taken on Maine’s bats
Wildlife biologists throughout the state and the Northeast want to determine the scope of white-nose syndrome.
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Talking turkey in Canada
As turkeys make their way across the Maine-New Brunswick border, some Canadians are pushing for turkey hunting.
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Deirdre Fleming: Film ‘Turning Tail’ details plight of Atlantic salmon
BRUNSWICK — It’s the fourth outdoor film in six years for director and Bethel native Carter Davidson. And there were no Warren Miller-style crowds to see “Turning Tail: The Atlantic Salmon’s Great New Leap” on Thursday night at the Frontier Cinema and Cafe in Brunswick. But making money or getting into the Banff Film Festival […]