By LIZ GOTTHELF Staff Writer | Pub. 10/8 in JournalTribune.com OLD ORCHARD BEACH — About 50 local sixth-graders hit the trails Friday morning at the grand opening of Milliken Mills Trails Park. Fall colors peaked out through the changing foliage of the woods on the beautiful autumn day, and the students trekked through the well-designated…
Published in KeepMECurrent -By Kate Irish Collins -September 15, 2016 The Eastern Trail in Scarborough now features an unusual structure – a library. A new Little Free Library, which was erected through a partnership between the Scarborough Public Library and the Scarborough Kiwanis Club, stands adjacent to the trail parking lot off Pine Point Road….
By Sarra Sedghi | August 31, 2016 | 12:30pm | Photos: Tom Hilton/Flickr and Kenneth Casper/Flickr Maine’s Eastern Trail, a segment of the ever-growing East Coast Greenway, runs from Portland to Kennebunk and currently exists in three stretches connected by on-road cycling routes. Along the way, you’ll see passing sailboats, scenes from downtown Portland, remains of…
Portland Press Herald, Letters, Posted August 26, 2016 It’s summer on the coast of Maine, and there’s no better time of year to appreciate the value of the Eastern Trail. For those who aren’t already frequent users, the Eastern Trail system traverses 65 miles between Kittery and South Portland. It’s part of the larger East…
Portland Press Herald, Letters, Posted August 26, 2016 It’s summer on the coast of Maine, and there’s no better time of year to appreciate the value of the Eastern Trail. For those who aren’t already frequent users, the Eastern Trail system traverses 65 miles between Kittery and South Portland. It’s part of the larger East…
Conde Nash Traveler | Written by Sebastian Modak | July 25, 2016 It’s like the Appalachian Trail for bikes. It’s been under discussion since the early 1990s, so you’d be forgiven for thinking the East Coast Greenway—a nearly 3,000-mile paved bike trail that would extend from Calais, Maine to Key West, Florida—is nothing but…
FROM STAFF REPORTS – Journal Tribune BIDDEFORD — A new trail sign was installed recently on the Biddeford portion of the Eastern Trail. When completed, the trail will run 65 miles from Kittery to South Portland. The artwork on the new sign depicts beavers and other area wildlife, and was created by artist Jada Fitch.
The news segment ran on Monday, July 18th. You can view the segment online here (the part about the Eastern Trail starts at the 3:39 mark). We are thrilled to have spent a day on the Eastern Trail with WCVB Channel 5 Boston and Chronicle on WCVB Channel 5! The Boston television crew explored southern…
The news segment ran on Monday, July 18th. You can view the segment online here (the part about the Eastern Trail starts at the 3:39 mark). We are thrilled to have spent a day on the Eastern Trail with WCVB Channel 5 Boston and Chronicle on WCVB Channel 5! The Boston television crew explored southern…
[News Flash – The ETA is leading a major fundraising campaign aimed at the critical “missing trail link” addressed in this article. Go here to learn more] WGME-TV (Channmel 13), May 6, 2016 SCARBOROUGH (WGME) — There’s a push to “close the gap,” at one of Maine’s most popular foot and biking trails. The Eastern…
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