“People going in need to follow the rules of those roads. They are private roads. It is quite unusual in the U.S. to have 3.5 million acres of private land open for people to drive around. If people abuse it, those roads could become closed and private.”
Julia Bayly
Fort Kent
Decades later, 800-pound model train finds its way home to Fort Kent
The working steam engine was designed and built by one of Fort Kent’s true “petanteurs” George Roy in 1961.
JULIA BAYLY
Since when did mud become high fashion?
“I’ll totally admit to spending probably too much on a pair of shoes or shirt that really caught my eye a time or two. But I draw the line at forking over hundreds to look like I just walked out of a St. John Valley potato field at the end of a long day of picking rocks.”
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Gardening this weekend? Time to get naked
That desire to feel the earth and wind is a comment sentiment among avid gardeners, even the ones who keep their clothes on.
This mind and body practice helps seniors ‘show up for life’
“Yoga is very gentle and holistic,” Sandy Cyrus, owner of Full Circle Yoga in Orono, said. “It’s like taking your car in for a tuneup, but yoga is a tuneup for the whole body.”
JULIA BAYLY
Now that she’s seen Winnipeg, how do I keep Chiclet down on the farm?
In my travels I had seen numerous people on planes with their tiny dogs. How difficult could this be?
How to see ‘Ghost Trains’ deep in the Maine woods
The backroad trip into the North Maine Woods in the First Ghost Train Convoy will visit the abandoned steam engines and tramway between Eagle and Chamberlain lakes.
Spring in Maine means frost heaves in the roads
Call them what you want, “frost heaves,” are the seasonal bane of every Maine driver.
JULIA BAYLY
The horror that is spring in northern Maine
Were I to post photos of the current conditions surrounding my house they would be monochromatic images of mud, giant snow banks and trees with nary a leaf bud in sight.
JULIA BAYLY
When wildlife resorts to extortion
“I have the distinct impression my forest friends have started regarding me not so much as their benign landlord but as their lackey.”
‘Definitely worth saving’: Maine farmer helps give old apple trees new life
“If a tree has been around a long time, it has weathered a lot of fluctuations and deserves a chance.”
Old style freight canoe taking shape in Fort Kent garage
Married 36 years, the couple say there are few places they would rather be than on a river or lake together.
JULIA BAYLY
Proof that dogs are the world’s greatest con artists
Dogs may be man’s best friend. But they are also manipulative, deceitful and willful creatures.
Forget coconut water, maple sap water is the latest craze
“It’s kind of following the coconut water craze.”
Public libraries in Maine adding seeds to their stacks
“Libraries are adding new formats all the time and [seeds] are just another thing people can borrow.”
Elderly Mainers are having unprotected sex, and that’s a problem
“In the last 10 years, sexually transmitted diseases have doubled in that age group because of that false sense of security.”
25 years of Can-Am sled dog event memories come racing back
A quarter-century of racing has produced a lot of stories, tall tales and memories.
Proposed bill could advance food sovereignty movement in Maine
A northern Maine senator has thrown support to the food sovereignty movement.
JULIA BAYLY
Lost and found wallet restores some faith in humanity
“Every so often, a series of events unfolds to reinforce my somewhat Pollyannaish world view.”
How this crafty retiree is keeping Maine’s neediest dogs warm in winter
Retired nurse Sandi Rowe Umble donates custom-made coats and blankets to shelters, rescues and animal orphanages in central Maine.
Mudflat owner on the hook for boat that ran aground 6 years ago
Gov. Paul LePage may seek U.S. Senate seat after all
I’m a scientist and a Mainer. I’m blowing the whistle on the Trump administration.
Hidden inside a 175-year-old Maine church is a sublime work of modern art
Police investigating woman found dead in Cherryfield as a homicide