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  After raising $320,000, the nonprofit is gearing up to keep even more of the city’s youths involved. By Gillian Graham ggraham@pressherald.com Staff Writer BIDDEFORD — Students and volunteers were just starting to trickle into the Community Bicycle Center to work on their bikes after school, but already the workshop felt cramped. With four bikes…

Mary’s Walk to top $300,000 – Section of Eastern Trail will be dedicated Wednesday, March 19, 2014 by Kayla J. Collins kayla@keepmecurrent.com SACO – A 2-mile section of the Eastern Trail that runs from Clark Street behind Thornton Academy to the trail kiosk on Route 1 by Hannaford is being dedicated by the city of…

By Jennifer Galipeau,yccs@seacoastonline.com – February 27, 2014 ARUNDEL — The town of Arundel will be adding some parking spaces along the Limerick Road portion of the Eastern Trail. Public Works Director Roger Taschereau, presented the request to the Board of Selectmen at its Feb. 24 meeting. Currently, two parking spots are designated for handicap drop-offs…

By Alex Acquisto,Staff Writer – February 28, 2014 ARUNDEL — The board of selectmen, on Monday night, decided to move forward with plans to install five gravel parking spaces at the Eastern Trail access point on Limerick Road. The zoning ordinance that pertains to Limerick Road prohibits parking at the Eastern Trail access point. Residents…

By DINA MENDROS, Staff Writer.  Journal Tribune, Sunday, February 2, 2014 BIDDEFORD — Nature enthusiast John Andrews said he’s been leading moonlight walks along various nature trails for 40 years or more. “I just go around looking at what’s beautiful, and teach people where to say ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh,’” he said. More recently, Andrews has…

A Project Canopy grant will allow for trail improvements on two town-owned parcels of land. By Gillian Graham, Staff Writer [Editor’s note: This will be a great addition, with a new trail system and parking right off the Eastern Trail. The Eastern Trail Alliance and the Eastern Trail Maintenance District both submitted letters of support…

[Note: This article appeared in the Late Fall 2013 Newsletter. The full newsletter can be viewed in this pdf document] No doubt most athletic fundraisers have their hidden stories of triumph over adversity, of difficult goals quietly reached. Certainly, those of us who plan and run the Maine Lighthouse Ride have heard or overheard a…

By Scott Marcoux [Note: This article appeared in the Late Fall 2013 Newsletter. The full newsletter can be viewed in this pdf document] The Eastern Trail began with a simple idea: to create a green transportation route for non-motorized travel through southern Maine. But for the growing number of activity groups and organizations now using…

By Diane I. Dyer [Note: This article appeared in the Late Fall 2013 Newsletter. The full newsletter can be viewed in this pdf document] For the third straight year approximately 120 third-grade students at Kennebunk Elementary School (KES) are riding bicycles during October physical education classes. Students are assessed the first week of biking as…

By Judy Haley [Note: This article appeared in the Late Fall 2013 Newsletter. The full newsletter can be viewed in this pdf document] The summer of 2013 was a busy one for members of SETA, a subcommittee of ETA! Their enthusiasm and dedication were boundless, as the volunteers set up displays and presentations to spread…