CASCO — Loon Echo Land Trust is celebrating Mother’s Day by offering a free Children’s Wildflower Walk at Mayberry Hill Preserve in Casco from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 12. The kid-friendly adventure is a way to share love of nature with future generations. Loon Echo staff will lead children and their families in […]
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Loon Echo Land Trust to celebrate Earth Day with clean-up, hike
BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust is celebrating Earth Day by hosting two special free events on Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22. The public will be able to beautify the community in the morning and stretch their legs the following afternoon with a hike to the summit of Bald Pate Mountain. Loon Echo, […]
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Loon Echo Land Trust offers sunset-moonrise hike at Bald Pate Mountain Preserve
BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust staff will lead a sunset-moonrise hike to Bald Pate Mountain on Saturday, March 31. Meet at the Bald Pate parking lot on Route 107 in South Bridgton at 6 p.m. for the 45-minute scramble to the summit. Sunset will occur at 7:05 p.m. and the full Pink Moon will […]
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Livermore Falls residents to see water rate hike
LIVERMORE FALLS — Livermore Falls Water District customers will see a 51 percent rate increase over the next three years to cover costs. The Maine Office of the Public Advocate announced Monday that an average residential customer will see water rates rise from $46.14 to $57.97 per quarter, beginning March 1. Rates will then increase to […]
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Snowshoe hike on Pleasant Mountain DENMARK — Loon Echo Land Trust will lead a free snowshoe hike at Pleasant Mountain at 9a.m. Saturday, March 11. Hikers will see waterfalls, stunning views and mystical red pine woodland on this 3-mile hike at Loon Echo’s Pleasant Mountain Preserve. The planned route will start at the Bald Peak trailhead, ascending 1,900 feet to […]
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Minimum wage hike campaign says opponents misused research data
AUGUSTA – Advocates for raising Maine’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020 say their opponents are distorting research data in an attempt to mislead lawmakers and the public in advance of a statewide ballot question in November. The opponents — a coalition of Maine business organizations including the state’s restaurant association and the […]
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Wilton water budget approved; department looking at rate hike
WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons approved a proposed 2015 budget of $516,228 for the water department Tuesday. During the coming year, the department intends to apply for a rate change, Clayton Putnam, water/wastewater superintendent told the board. The amount has not been determined yet. The rate hike would take effect in January 2016, he […]
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Power bills to rise for CMP customers
PORTLAND — Central Maine Power Co. said power bills for residential and small business customers are set to go up an average of $2.07 per month, starting Sept. 1. The rate increase is the result of a decision this week from the Maine Public Utilities Commission, following months of debate as the utility pushed for […]
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Fourth annual Whitecap Gourmet Hike scheduled for Aug. 9
RUMFORD — The Mahoosuc Land Trust is leading their fourth annual Whitecap Gourmet Hike on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Whitecap trail head in Rumford, said land trust member Jolan Ippolito. The free hike will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Whitecap trail head located off East Andover Road. Ippolito said that if hikers wish to […]
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Franklin County rescuers hike miles to reach ill South Carolina hiker
WYMAN TOWNSHIP — A South Carolina man became sick Tuesday afternoon while hiking the Appalachian Trail on Crocker Mountain and needed help, Maine Warden Justin Fowlie said Wednesday. Warden Scott Stevens responded to the rescue call along with members of Franklin Search & Rescue and NorthStar EMS medics, who hiked the 5½ miles to where […]