by Deirdre Fleming, Portland Press Herald, December 25, 2011 [Ed.’s Note: This article describes USM Professor Richard Barringer’s tale of an outdoor funding windfall heading for Maine, one which might happen in 2012. Key Quote: “And in southern Maine this year, a windfall of bicycle and pedestrian grant cash allowed the East Coast Greenway, called…
Lead Editorial Reprinted from the Journal Tribune, March 29, 2002 It’s a beautiful day. Spring is waking up the birds and trees all around us and the last patches of wet spring snow are disappearing, for now at least. Of course this means the all-terrain vehicles are returning to our back woods and hillsides, threatening…
By DEIRDRE FLEMING – March 15, 2010 CAPE ELIZABETH: Bob Bowker pointed at two lighthouses that sat back from the lush vegetation some distance from the park named for them on the Cape Elizabeth peninsula. At one time, they were used by mariners to help navigate into Portland Harbor, he explained. ”They would line up…
by John Andrews (revised 4 April 2006) Each year we suffer 500 rail corridor trespass fatalities in these United States. According to Pamela Caldwell Foggin, Federal Railroad Administration, these fatalities do not include fatalities caused by vehicles passing rail gates, nor do these 500 fatalities include suicides. According to Betsy Goodrich, New England Office of…
Press Release – Bicycle Coalition of Maine Augusta – Maine is the third most bike-friendly state in the country, the League of American Bicyclists announced Wednesday. This is the second year in a row that Maine has held that ranking, based on a League survey covering legislation, enforcement, education and encouragement, policies and programs, infrastructure,…
September 17, 2011By Emma Bouthillette ebouthillette@mainetoday.com Staff Writer BY EMMA BOUTHILLETTE; The Portland Press Herald Pedestrians and bicyclists are welcome, but as construction wraps up on the latest section of the Eastern Trail, ATV riders are being reminded to stay off the pathway. Reports of recent ATV use on new sections of the Eastern Trail…
June 26, 2011 | By Cathy Genthner, Globe Correspondent SCARBOROUGH, Maine — I had not been on a bicycle in years and my weight had crept up along with my age. Those concerns evaporated with the early morning fog as soon as I got going. It was easy pedaling on a 3-mile section of the…
Posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 1:39 pmBy Duke Harrington dharrington@keepmecurrent.com SCARBOROUGH – When John Andrews, 74, was a young boy growing up in Gardiner, he checked out every book on chess he could find at the Maine State Library in Augusta. That experience came in useful, he says, when it came time to piece together…
by Jim Munroe and Jim Bucar – Fall 2011 ETA Newsletter The diversity of trail users — their backgrounds and purposes— defy easy listing or categories. In just recent months, we have encountered birders from the West coast of the U.S. searching for a rare egret sighted on the Marsh, a photographer from Soissons, France,…
By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News Staff Posted Dec. 27, 2011, at 6:24 p.m. ETA Web Note: This article provides broader coverage of a recent report commissioned for the National Park Service that is urging support for seven interstate “recreation corridors” in New England — including three in Maine (and including the Eastern Trail corridor)…
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