After a tough finish in the state meet as a sophomore, he bounced back to become one of Maine’s best ever vaulters.
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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Girls’ track; Nyagoa Bayak, Westbrook
The freshman was Maine and New England’s best female high jumper, while also starting on the girls’ basketball team.
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Conservation project to protect prime brook trout habitat in northwestern Maine
The 8,159-acre Cold Stream Forest parcel has been transferred to the state.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Maine boasts rich history of women skiers
A program will be hosted by the Ski Museum of Maine and the Bethel Historical Society on Saturday in honor of Women’s History Month.
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Some Mainers not so wild about turkey population
A survey of residents is helping IFW to shape its big-game management plans.
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Several U.S. presidents have embraced Maine’s outdoors
For three of them – George H.W. Bush, Dwight Eisenhower and Teddy Roosevelt – the state’s rugged coastline and remote forestland left an indelible impression.
Posted inIndoor Track, Sports, Varsity Maine
Maine track athletes have high hopes for nationals
Nyagoa Bayak of Westbrook and Tia Tardy of Orono are aiming for All-America status.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Kate Hall chases national title at Iowa State
The freshman is ranked fourth in the long jump heading into the NCAA championships.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Maine photographers chase sea smoke to share in the magic
They bundle up on frigid mornings to document the phenomenon at sunrise.
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Snowmobile towns in Maine struggle through lackluster winter
Businesses are hurt by little snow and few sledders.