These skills courses, which are roughly the size of basketball courts, foster better bike-handling aptitude and offer fun on two wheels.
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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We asked, and Baxter State Park Director Eben Sypitkowski answered
After one year in the job, the Bangor native is still learning how to best manage the 209,600-acre wilderness park.
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Utah man airlifted off Mount Katahdin in 2nd rescue over 3 days
After dropping supplies to hikers stranded on the Knife Edge Trail on Saturday, a Maine Forest Service helicopter returns Monday to evacuate a hiker who had fallen 10 to 15 feet on the Hamlin Ridge Trail.
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Make your way to Scarborough’s Bait Shed for seafood with a view
Not all the items on the menu are for those on a budget, but the fresh seafood is well worth the price.
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A fish-crazed Mainer points us toward some of the best spots to land stripers
Our list of 12 go-to spots comes from Mike Giroux, who has chased the fish for almost a quarter-century – and caught plenty.
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Purchase of Bethel forestland completes 3,500-acre conservation area
The 978-acre Bethel Community Forest will have 13 miles of recreation trails and connect to a larger swath of land between the town and the Sunday River ski area.
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Pairs of nesting piping plovers in Maine hit record numbers
The Coastal Bird Project attributes the recent success in large part to increased educational outreach to beachgoers.
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A moose walks into a pizza place … and even in Dover-Foxcroft that’s a surprise
The moose, which had been seen around town in the previous few days, broke through the window of the abandoned restaurant early Friday.
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One possible way to alleviate gridlock at Cadillac Mountain? Leave the car, take the bike
Avid (and fit) local riders cycle up the mountain regularly. But much as they’d like to see tourists do the same, they’re doubtful that’ll happen.
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More Maine women likely to take up moose hunting
When Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Judy Camuso read the first 100 names of the lottery winners Saturday afternoon, dozens were women’s.